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Home for the Holidays FRI. DEC. 22 | Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews, Kermit Ruffins and the Barbecue Swingers, Ivan Neville, Sweet Crude, John Boutte, Eric Lindell, Stanton Moore, Robert Mercurio and others perform at the annual benefit for the Daniel Price Memorial Fund, which supports scholarships at NOCCA. Irma Thomas performs at the patron party at 6:30 p.m. At 8 p.m. at House of Blues.

Loose Cattle releases a honky-tonking holiday album BY WILL COVIELLO

Lost Bayou Ramblers with Spider Stacy and Teddy Lamson

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Cattle’s December release Seasonal Affective Disorder offers a tipoff to the project’s concept. There are covers of Tom Waits’ “Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis” and John Denver’s “Please Daddy (Don’t Get Drunk This Christmas).” But there aren’t just covers of offbeat Christmas wishes and less rosy holiday traditions. Bandleader Michael Cerveris also co-wrote a tune with the Lost Bayou Ramblers: “Don’t Make Your Mama Cry on Christmas Day.” Cerveris and Loose Cattle vocalist Kimberly Kaye had just formed the country and Americana band in 2011 when they recorded their first holiday song, a cover of Big Star’s “Jesus Christ.” “(The recording session) was just meant to be a hang with the band,” Cerveris says. They wanted to record a song and post it on the internet in one day. “Jesus Christ” split the difference in their feelings about the project. “I am not a huge Christmas fan,” Kaye says. “But I am not a Grinch who wants to rain on other people’s Christmases. (We) picked a less than Christmassy Christmas song.” Loose Cattle’s tone on the song gives it a workable ambiguity. “For (Kaye), it’s a rock song,” Cerveris says. “But you could play it in a Baptist church. We are a pretty inclusive bunch. We like that you could have two people standing in the audience with one person thinking it’s an ironic masterpiece and the other person thinking it’s a Christian tune. We like the idea those people would be at a bar together at our show.” Cerveris and Kaye split time between homes in New York and New Orleans, and at their album-release party at Chickie Wah Wah Dec. 19, they’ll have plenty of guests who worked on

THU. DEC. 21 | On the Fort Collins, Colorado band’s November LP Anymore, Gleemer wraps itself in thick blankets of glittering guitars and layered sheets of fuzz, sounding like Swervedriver’s mountains of sound trudging through pristine snow. All People, The Fruit Machines and Kay Weathers open at 8 p.m. at Gasa Gasa.

FRI. DEC. 22 | The Lost Bayou Ramblers and Spider Stacy join forces for the second time this month, following up their Kalenda performance at The Music Box Village with this “Poguetry in Motion” tribute show featuring the songs of The Pogues. GIVERS’ Teddy Lamson opens at 10 p.m. at Tipitina’s.

Mannie Fresh’s Ugly Christmas Sweater Party the album, including the Lost Bayou Ramblers, pianist Tom McDermott, a horn section led by Craig Klein, fiddler Rurik Nunan of The Whiskey Gentry, vocalist John Boutte and others. Loose Cattle bassist Lorenzo Wolff and percussionist Eddy Zweiback also will be in New Orleans for the show. Cerveris is best known for his work on the Broadway stage, having won Tony Awards for best actor as John Wilkes Booth in Assassins and Bruce Bechdel in Fun Home. He also has played guitar for a long time, and in the early 1990s, he toured with Bob Mould and punk and alternative rock band Husker Du. Cerveris recently starred in recurring roles on TV’s The Tick and Gotham. Though she sings for Loose Cattle, Kaye played trumpet for 15 years and says her musical roots are in soul and blues. Loose Cattle is more of a country band with folk and Americana strains. Cerveris and Kaye co-wrote “Shepherds in a Parking Lot,” and there’s a honky-tonk vibe on much of the album. There also are some songs with New Orleans-style horn parts. The album includes “The Day It Snows on Christmas,” recorded by Allen Toussaint.

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Seasonal Affective Disorder also has songs written by Willie Nelson (“Pretty Paper”) and Merle Haggard (“If We Make It Through December”). There’s a nod to more contemporary country and offbeat holiday tunes in a cover of Texan Robert Earl Keen’s “Merry Christmas From the Family.” For anyone interested in another round of naughty and nice Christmas tunes, Cerveris joins comedian Harry Shearer and singer Judith Owen Dec. 22 at Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre for an installment of their annual benefit show, Christmas Without Tears.

FRI. DEC. 22 | Four 15s, threewheel Benz, skirt on 22s, and a No. 1 stunna in a pear tree — the Cash Money Records producer rings in the holidays with his annual no-cover dance party. 10 p.m. at Hi-Ho Lounge.

Harry Shearer and Judith Owen present Christmas Without Tears FRI.-SAT. DEC. 22-23 | Actor, comedian and voice of many of The Simpsons, Harry Shearer and spouse and singer Judith Owen lead a holiday sing-along with guests including John Goodman, Bryan Batt, Evan Christopher, James Singleton and others each night. At 7:30 p.m. at Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre.

Dirty Dozen Brass Band SAT. DEC. 23 | The Original Sixth Ward Dirty Dozen celebrates its 40th anniversary with “a dozen dirty guests,” including founder Benny Jones and Treme Brass Band, Preservation All-Stars, Ivan Neville, George Porter Jr. and Walter “Wolfman” Washington. At 10 p.m. at The Joy Theater.

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C’est What

? Would you support comprehensive sex education programs in Orleans Parish public schools?

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A GROUP OF U.S. SENATORS HOPES TO ENSHRINE LABOR RULES FROM FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA’S ADMINISTRATION

that protected salaried workers’ eligibility for overtime pay. The U.S. Department of Labor under President Donald Trump rolled back those rules, which set a minimum salary threshold to $47,476, up from from $23,660, bumping salaries for millions of workers who otherwise were potentially losing out on time and a half. That rule was blocked in federal district court, but a group of Democratic members of Congress (U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown and Patty Murray and Reps. Bobby Scott and Mark Takano) hope to reintroduce those rules via the Restoring Overtime Pay Act of 2017. The proposed law would set the salary level for exemption back to 2016 rules. According to the Economic Policy Institute, relying on a report from the Department of Labor’s impact study of the overtime rules, lower- and moderate-income earners could see $1.2 billion in their paychecks each year under the proposed law. — ALEX WOODWARD

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Garrett Bradley,

New Orleans-based filmmaker and Loyola University New Orleans professor, is among 10 directors shortlisted for an Academy Award in the field of Documentary Short Subject for her film Alone. The field was narrowed from 77 to 10. Final Oscar nominations are announced Jan. 23.

Theresa Cross,

a math teacher at Alice M. Harte Charter School, received the Milken Educator Award for outstanding teachers Dec. 8 in a surprise ceremony held at the school. Cross is one of 44 teachers during the current school year to receive the award, which comes with a $25,000 cash prize. Cross teaches eighthgrade math and Algebra I.

Laquita Gowdy,

a former employee of Jefferson Parish Animal Shelter, pleaded guilty in state court to stealing more than $97,000 from the organization. Judge Danyelle Taylor of the 24th Judicial District sentenced Gowdy on felony theft charges, ordering her to repay the money and giving her five years’ probation. Gowdy, a Harvey resident, had worked at the West Bank branch of the shelter.

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I-10 News on the move 1. IRVIN MAYFIELD INDICTED ON 19 FEDERAL CHARGES

Trumpeter Irvin Mayfield, who once headed the New Orleans Public Library Foundation, was indicted last week on 19 federal counts of fraud, conspiracy, money laundering and obstruction of justice in connection with his alleged misuse of the charity’s funds. In May 2015, WWL-TV first reported the foundation — controlled by Mayfield — gave $666,000 in just one year to the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (NOJO), a nonprofit founded and directed by Mayfield and longtime friend and keyboardist Ronald Markham. Mayfield and Markham also were paid six-figure salaries by NOJO. A series of WWL-TV reports showed Mayfield spent library foundation money on trips to New York and a $15,000 trumpet ostensibly for a school auction, but the whereabouts of the trumpet remain unknown. The indictment alleges, among other abuses, that Mayfield and Markham caused the library foundation to buy Mayfield a 24-karat gold-plated trumpet and to redirect more than $1.3 million in foundation funds to enrich themselves and cover NOJO operating expenses. Since the scandal broke more than two years ago, Mayfield has curtailed his live performances, though he continued to record. This year he issued the album A Beautiful World, a collaboration with Kermit Ruffins, which rose to the top of the Billboard jazz charts. (For more on the Mayfield scandal, see Clancy DuBos’ column, p.12.)

2. Quote of the week “Good luck dude” — New Orleans Saints running back Mark Ingram, responding on Twitter to Lee Dragna, a Morgan City football fan who is suing the Saints for a refund of his season tickets. Dragna claims that NFL players’ protests during the performance of the national anthem have resulted in an unsafe environment for fans and has injected unnecessary politics into the game. Ingram replied that the Saints never “took a knee” during the anthem: “The one time we protested an anthem was an away game. After a team meeting, we decided to kneel as one before the anthem was played and stand united as one during the anthem!” (Photographs and contemporaneous media accounts, however, show 10 Saints did not stand during the anthem, including Ingram.)

3. City’s surveil-

lance camera plan gets pushback Police watchdogs, community groups, bars, restaurants and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Louisiana are voicing concerns over a proposed measure to require businesses that sell alcohol to install street-facing surveillance cameras that feed to city, state and federal law enforcement. The ACLU “condemned” the New Orleans City Council’s measure, which “would threaten privacy rights without effectively reducing crime” and “put the city’s surveillance apparatus on steroids, subjecting New Orleanians to near-constant monitoring of their daily lives and stifling our vibrant public spaces — without meaningfully reducing crime,” ACLU of Louisiana Executive Director Jane Johnson said in a Dec. 13 statement. The ACLU’s concerns

the ordinance have come under fire from its critics. Under the rules of the ordinance, a business that receives five or more written complaints — submitted individually or in petitions — from people living within a half-mile of the business would define the business as a “nuisance,” subject to significant penalties from city agencies. MaCCNO fears developers moving into areas could lean on the ordinance rules to effectively push bars and venues out of neighborhoods. The City Council is expected to debate the measure Jan. 11.

NOLA Media Group decamping to Warehouse District

echo a letter earlier this month from the New Orleans Independent Police Monitor, warning the City Council that the city’s sweeping surveillance program is ripe for “mismanagement, poor information security, public records law compliance challenges and user abuse.” The Music and Culture Coalition of New Orleans (MaCCNO) also fears the ordinance will create “lasting damage to New Orleans culture and communities” — all under the direction of “a term-limited Councilperson, at the request of a lame duck Mayor, and voted on by an outgoing City Council that would largely avoid any political repercussions.” Hospitality workers also have circulated an online petition condemning the city’s proposed “surveillance network which would allow the police (and other agencies) to monitor any citizen as they go about their day to day.” Several other portions of

NOLA Media Group (NMG), parent company of The Times-Picayune | NOLA. com, will be moving out of its home at the top of One Canal Place and into its own street-level building in the Warehouse District in 2018. The company moved into the high-rise building amid much fanfare in December 2012 under then-publisher Ricky Mathews, who had been chosen by Advance Media, owners of The Times-Picayune, to bring the paper into what was called the “digital transition.” Mathews told The Wall Street Journal, “The owners wanted us to be in a space that could make a statement,” and in a public meeting with New Orleans’ tech community, he boasted the offices would have a “Google-Nike kind of vibe.” “It’s a beautiful space with the best views in the city,” NMG president Tim Williamson told Gambit, “but I think that it was a little disconnected from the community. There’s a better way to foster collaboration, and I really want to make a better opportunity to connect to the community. I think a media company should be connected at ground level.” The decampment erases what may be the last physical vestige of Mathews’ leadership since he stepped down and was replaced by Williamson last year. NMG had “I think, about seven years left” on its One Canal Place lease, Williamson said. The space will be taken over by the tech company Lucid. (The company also is opening a new hub in

Covington in a few weeks to consolidate its Northshore coverage.) While some at NOLA.com say their current space is now a bit too large for the staff on hand, the new NMG headquarters at 864 S. Peters St. is substantially smaller; it will encompass less than onethird of the space at One Canal Place. The size of the new newsroom has some NOLA. com employees concerned that another downsizing may be on the horizon in 2018 — as did a letter last month from Advance Local CEO Randy Siegel, which said, in part, “We will respond better and more nimbly to needs in the markets. We’ll look for more and different ways to generate revenue, as well as operational efficiencies.” Like many papers around the country, as well as news websites, The Times-Picayune has seen buyouts and layoffs in recent years — around 200 people famously were let go in 2012 under Mathews’ “digital transition.” In 2015, 28 full-time staffers and nine part-timers also were fired, a move the company called “restructuring its news operation to reinforce its core journalistic mission.” There are “over 100” employees currently in the One Canal Place newsroom, Williamson said. What about the possibility of layoffs or buyouts? “Nothing is planned. We have no plans at this point [for layoffs],” Williamson said. “This move was more strategic — a unique opportunity to connect with the community.” In recent months, several high-profile NOLA.com reporters have left the company. Ken Daley, NOLA.com’s criminal justice reporter, left to be a spokesman for District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro’s office, and Jed Lipinski, who covered public health and criminal justice, now is pursuing a freelance career as head investigative reporter on a TV documentary about the Trayvon Martin/George Zimmerman case. Danielle Dreilinger, who covered schools (as well as livetweeting the meeting of Rex and Comus each Mardi Gras), is on a yearlong sabbatical under the Knight-Wallace Fellowship program at the University of Michigan. Longtime metro and politics reporter Richard Rainey also has departed NOLA.com.

for my life, one that will be difficult to win’

Former Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco announced that an eye cancer she began receiving treatment for in 2011 has metastasized in her liver and that no cure has been identified. “I am in a fight for my own life, one that will be difficult to win,” Blanco wrote in a letter published across news outlets in Louisiana Dec. 10. “I knew from the start of my cancer journey this could happen, but with each passing year I hoped this cup would pass me by. It did not.” In a statement, Gov. John Bel Edwards asked Louisianans “to join their prayers to ours that she, aided by the Great Physician as well as her medical team, wins a great victory over her cancer and is restored to full health.” Mayor Mitch Landrieu, who served as Blanco’s lieutenant governor, called on residents to “lift Gov. Blanco up with our loving support and ask for God’s healing mercy to grant her strength during this fight.” Blanco served as governor from 2004 to 2008, navigating the state’s response and recovery following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. She previously served in the state House of Representatives, on the Public Service Commission and as lieutenant governor under former Gov. Mike Foster.

The top state in corporate subsidies? You’re living in it Louisiana gives more in corporate subsidies per capita than any other state in the U.S., according to Together Louisiana and the Louisiana Budget Project, which estimates New Orleans lost out on more than $10 million in tax revenue from the state’s industrial tax exemption program (ITEP) in 2017. The groups are pitching local legislative bodies across the state to follow the lead of Gov. John Bel Edwards, who issued an executive order in 2016 making job creation a requirement for receiving an exemption. His order also gives local governments some decision-making authority over whether exemptions are approved — and on what terms. “Empowering local officials to make decisions about their own taxes, rather than allowing a distant, state-level board to make their decisions for them, might lead to differ-

ent outcomes. Or it might not,” Together Louisiana wrote in its 2017 report. “It depends on whether those local officials approach their responsibility at all differently from decades of Commerce and Industry Board appointees who have approved ITEP applications at a rate of 99.95 [percent] over the last [20] years.” The groups asked members of the New Orleans City Council Dec. 12 to adopt a resolution to ensure local companies that rely on the exemptions meet their obligations, including local hiring benchmarks — and for the city to revoke exemptions if companies fail to meet those benchmarks.

Ferry terminal design presented to public At a two-part meeting last week, the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA) presented a futuristic design for its new Canal Street ferry terminal and began gathering public comment for a nearby pedestrian bridge intended to help ferry riders cross the nearby New Orleans Public Belt Railroad tracks. The meeting seemed designed to counteract blowback RTA incurred earlier this year, when citizens criticized the organization for what they said was a failure to incorporate input from riders and residents in the terminal planning process. “We want to hear what your vision is, what your hopes are, what your desires are,” Bright Moments CEO Bill Rouselle, who is handling the project’s public relations, said at the meeting. “This is the beginning of that conversation. ... We’re not going to satisfy everybody, but we’re going to hear from everybody.” In front of a crowd of about 40 people, Royal Engineers and Consultants project manager Brian O’Reilly laid out final designs for a terminal with more than 10,000-square-feet of covered shelter, half of which is enclosed. The final design features “360 degree” ADA-compliant access throughout the facility and at connection points to the surrounding wharves, plus new canopies to provide more rain cover for gangways that are 11 to 12 feet wide. At the site, ferries will berth along a floating dock so passengers can disembark and board simultaneously. RTA will open bids from contractors soon and should begin construction just before Mardi Gras, O’Reilly said. Completion is expected in 12 to 14 months, and ferry service should run continuously from a temporary floating platform during construction. PAGE 10

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Reaction to the design was muted to mixed, with some participants continuing to question the input process. “The riders never seem to be included as stakeholders. ... We’re the ones riding the boats,” Connie Burks, an Algiers resident, said. A degree of skepticism persisted as the meeting turned from the terminal unveiling to the pedestrian bridge, which has been a bone of contention throughout the project’s planning process. As the project progresses, construction will be managed by the Audubon Nature Institute. Audubon President and CEO Ron Forman attended the meeting to emphasize that architects and planners will draw heavily on feedback from the series of meetings. “It’s the foot of Canal Street; it’s the historic entrance to our riverway,” Forman said. “Doing it right is pretty important.”

8. Jeff Parish finance

authority roasted by parish inspector general

Jefferson Parish government was thoroughly roasted by an inspector general’s report finding a “break-down at the highest level of local government with numerous failings and deficiencies” at its Jefferson Parish Finance Authority (JPFA). The independent agency, which operates as a public trust under the Parish Council, provides financial assistance through down payments for homeowners in the parish and has been praised for helping firsttime homebuyers get into the housing market. The audit, however, showed the agency’s assets declining by $100 million over the last five years and questioned some $2.7 million in expenditures. “While the authority disagrees with some of the findings, the authority will work with the administration to make sure it works with the utmost integrity,” JPFA Executive Director Valerie Brolin said in a statement to WWL-TV.

Demand for City Council to commit to human rights platform Eleven months after demanding City Hall’s commitment to a human rights platform in the wake of President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive orders on immigration, and after getting some initial positive response from city officials, the New Orleans Palestinian Solidarity Committee (NOPSC) has drafted its own resolution calling on the city to end business with companies

that “may be culpable or complicit” in human rights abuses and war crimes. The resolution is the group’s latest effort to get its ideas on the New Orleans City Council’s radar following Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The group criticized a lack of momentum among city leaders following the January immigration ban, and delivered copies of a proposed resolution to the City Council Dec. 12. The resolution orders the city’s Human Relations Commission to adopt the Socially Responsible Investments Committee to evaluate the city’s corporate interests and contracts and those companies’ records on environmental health, abusive labor practices and impacts on human rights, among other benchmarks. Representatives from all five City Council districts and the two at-large offices received copies.

10. ‘Unrig the System’ in February at Tulane

Got $300 and the desire to hang with celebs while you plot to “unrig the system”? The group Represent.US is holding a summit called Unrig the System Feb. 2-4 at Tulane University’s Lavin-Bernick Center. The program promises attendees a chance to “mingle with top advocacy leaders, academics, comedians, musicians, celebrities, activists, philanthropists and journalists.” A press release announced speeches, workshops and discussions with “thought-leaders, A-list celebrities and grassroots activists from the left and the right.” Those would include activist celebrities like Jennifer Lawrence and Kerry Washington, along with producer/director Adam McKay, former Gov. Buddy Roemer, Fox News host Steve Hilton and The Young Turks’ Cenk Uygur. Gambit Political Editor Clancy DuBos also is on the still-in-progress program, which includes topics like “Frenemies with Benefits: How to Work Across the Aisle,” “Iron Chef for Activists” and “Citizen Lobbying 101.” Potential attendees, however, are casting a side-eye on social media at the event’s ticket prices, which start at $300 for an individual, with a $130 ticket available for students, seniors and low-income people. (“Once again, politics is only for those who can afford it,” groused one man on the event’s Facebook page.) You can get more information on “Unrig the System” at www.unrigsummit.com.

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COMMENTARY

A very real public health crisis LOUISIANA FACES A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS in the form of

high rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). In 2016, Louisiana ranked first in the nation for primary and secondary syphilis rates, according to a November study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Our state also ranked third in the nation for HIV rates, with the New Orleans and Baton Rouge metro areas at No. 2 and No. 3, respectively. The rates among young people underscore the crisis. Louisiana has the highest rate of syphilis among adolescents, the second highest rate of gonorrhea and chlamydia among adolescents, and the third highest rate of HIV diagnoses among adolescents. Louisiana’s teen pregnancy rates have fallen in recent years (as they have elsewhere in the U.S.), but we still rank seventh-highest.

This crisis is very real, but state lawmakers refuse to address it. Year after year, New Orleans and Baton Rouge legislators push for comprehensive sex education in Louisiana, but their conservative colleagues almost always balk — often at the urging of powerful evangelical lobbies such as the Louisiana Family Forum. For example, the state Senate last spring rejected the notion of merely conducting an anonymous survey of high school students to gauge their risk behaviors. The survey could have determined the kinds of programming Louisiana schools need to address the needs of students who live on the front lines of this health crisis. It’s past the time for lawmakers to stop being willfully blind to one of Louisiana’s biggest public health crises. Teenagers think they know a lot about sex, but what they don’t know

is why Louisiana is at the bottom of U.S. public health rankings. Most Louisiana students get no formal sex education at all, other than officialdom recommending abstinence. Teens need a comprehensive strategy that includes abstinence, yes, but also information about reproduction, birth control and avoiding disease and pregnancy. The New Orleans City Council and the Orleans Parish School Board have pleaded for change, but the council can act only as a bully pulpit — and local lawmakers already recognize the problem. And it’s not just city officials who want change; parents also demand it. A statewide survey recently found that a vast majority of Louisiana parents want sex education in schools. The survey found that more than 80 percent of Louisiana parents want their children to learn

about STD prevention, peer pressure and sex, self-esteem building and their bodies, and healthy relationships — among a wide array of sexual health topics. The survey gathered responses from across Louisiana and should serve as a wake-up call for legislators statewide. Geaux Talk (www.geauxtalk.org), a new statewide campaign from the Louisiana Public Health Institute, is spreading the word about the importance of comprehensive

sex ed at home and at school. Campaign leaders hope to empower parents and caregivers to demand that sex education be part of students’ curriculum. Louisiana legislators who have turned down sex ed reform measures in the past say they want more data to see if voters want it. Thedata is in, and it’s conclusive. Lawmakers must face this public health crisis by approving comprehensive sex education programs in Louisiana schools.

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THE RECENT FEDERAL INDICTMENT OF GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING NEW ORLEANS TRUMPETER IRVIN MAYFIELD and his longtime

friend and artistic collaborator Ronald Markham reads like a mobsters’ playbook for how to loot a nonprofit — except for the part about not getting caught. Mayfield and Markham aren’t charged with racketeering, but the 19 counts against them include just about everything else the feds typically throw at crooked politicians and mafiosi — a count of conspiracy, four counts of wire fraud, one count of mail fraud, one count of money laundering conspiracy, 11 counts of money laundering and one count of obstruction of justice. The two men led the nonprofit New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (NOJO), which

Mayfield founded in 2002, to national prominence. They also enjoyed six-figure salaries from NOJO. The feds allege that when NOJO began to run short of cash in 2011, the two men found a prodigious new source of revenue in the nonprofit New Orleans Public Library Foundation (NOPLF), whose board Mayfield began chairing in late 2010. Markham also served on the library foundation board and, coincidentally, succeeded Mayfield as chair. Both men also controlled the NOJO board — and therein lay their road to perdition. According to the indictment, Mayfield convinced the library foundation’s board of directors to expand the foundation’s mission to include purposes that suited Mayfield and Markham’s plans quite nicely — and to give board

chair Mayfield virtually unchecked spending authority. The feds claim Mayfield and Markham used that authority to divert more than $1.3 million to NOJO, and much of it thence into their own pockets. Mayfield in particular used the library foundation’s loot to live the high life, according to the indictment. The alleged plundering included: • Buying Mayfield a 24-karat gold-plated trumpet; • Paying for both men’s NOJO salaries; • Diverting money into Mayfield’s personal bank accounts; • Paying Mayfield’s private production company; • Paying for NOJO’s performance at Carnegie Hall; • Paying for Mayfield’s stays at the Ritz Carlton and Park Central Hotel, the latter to the tune of more than $18,000;

• Covering Mayfield’s purchases at Saks Fifth Avenue and Harrah’s Casino; and • Paying for some general operating expenses of NOJO. In addition to looting the library foundation — whose mission initially was to raise donations for the city’s

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CLANCY DUBOS then-cash-strapped libraries — the feds say Mayfield and Markham tried to cover their tracks in 2013 by altering the minutes of the foundation’s board meetings. Mayfield and Markham face from five to 20 years in jail if convicted on the various counts, plus fines of $250,000 for each count. The federal investigation began under then-U.S. Attorney Kenneth Polite, who earned praise for his vigorous prosecutions of street crime in conjunction with local law enforcement. Some mistakenly have criticized Polite for not pursuing public corruption with equal vigor. The case against Mayfield and Markham is a testament to the feds’ ongoing pursuit of public corruption cases since Hurricane Katrina. If the two men are convicted of even one count each, it also will be an ignominious end to a pair of careers whose trajectories once seemed limitless.

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Hey Blake, I’m curious about the history of two of my favorite hamburger joints. Who is the Lee in Lee’s Hamburgers and who was the Bud behind Bud’s Broiler?

Dear reader, A native of Hot Springs, Arkansas, Lester “Lee” Hash opened his first hamburger stand in New Orleans in 1901. According to his 1968 obituary in The StatesItem, he opened his first hamburger stand on Canal Street before moving next to the Orpheum Theater. The burgers, cooked on a cast-iron griddle, were packed with chopped onions, Lee’s signature. “Once in a while, when a weirdo came in, you’d hear a shout, ‘Hole-la onions,’” wrote Times-Picayune columnist Frank Schneider in 1984. “When you’re at a place that sells juicy hamburgers with onions, you don’t ask them to hold the onions. It’s like asking Arnaud’s to hold the remoulade on the shrimp.” After 16 years, Hash moved his hamburger restaurant to 3022 Tulane Ave. After his death, his former business partner and meat supplier, Leon Saizan, continued the burger business, using Lee’s recipes and name. Today, his relatives and franchisees continue the tradition. Alfred J. “Bud” Saunders opened the first Bud’s Broiler in 1952 on Airline Drive near Cleary Avenue. Saunders came to Louisiana from Austin, Texas, according to Bud’s Broiler’s website. A 1954 newspaper ad for Bud’s charcoal-broiled burgers touted Saunders’ winning formu-

Lee’s Hamburgers on Metairie Road. P H OTO B Y K A N DAC E P O W E R G R AV E S

la: “High quality meat in glowing charcoal makes the difference.” Saunders opened a second Bud’s at 500 City Park Ave. in 1956. Other locations on Calhoun Street and Banks Street followed. “To call Bud’s places unfancy is probably the understatement of the year,” wrote Richard Collin in his “Underground Gourmet” column in The States-Item in 1976. “The older Bud’s locations exult in the New Orleans preference for places that obviously devote themselves to food rather than decor.” Still, Collin said, nothing could beat a Bud’s No. 3: meat, grated cheddar, mayo and onions, which he called “one of the great hamburgers in America.” In 1980, Saunders retired and his wife Mary took over the business and welcomed new franchisees. In 1992, the business was purchased by longtime employee Joseph Catalano. Currently there are eight locations in the metro area, and a franchise is set to open soon in Baton Rouge.

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lived and worked in New Orleans — Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini. Born in Italy in 1850, she professed her vows in 1877 and founded her own order, the Institute of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart, to care for poor children in schools and hospitals. She and her colleagues wanted to become missionaries in China, but Pope Leo XIII urged her to go west instead to care for the thousands of Italian immigrants who had come to the U.S. She and six other sisters arrived in New York in 1889. She came to New Orleans in 1892 and bought a house on St. Philip Street in the French Quarter that became a convent, school and orphanage. Later a larger orphanage was built on Esplanade Avenue; in 1959, it became Cabrini High School, one of 67 schools, hospitals and orphanages Cabrini founded throughout the United States. Mother Cabrini, who had become a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1909, died in Chicago on Dec. 22, 1917. In 1946, she became the first American citizen to be canonized.

WHAT’S IN STORE

BY PAIGE RITA NULTY

“EVERY PIECE OF JEWELRY HAS A STORY BEHIND IT,” says Chloe Fish-

er Bares of Fisher & Sons Jewelers (5101 W. Esplanade Ave., Metairie, 504-885-4956; www.fishersonsjewelers.com). There’s also a story behind the family-owned jewelry shop that she helps operate. After training from the age of 18 with “old school” jewelers in New Orleans, Bares’ father, Thomas Fisher, decided to open his own store. “We (opened in) Metairie in 1977, and it’s exactly what my dad wanted,” Bares says. Her father and mother have since retired, leaving Bares and other members of the Fisher family to run the shop, but her father’s values and business savvy are still alive at the store. “I find that is what I’ve learned the most,” Bares says. “Not so much to put out the bread-andbutter things, but to put out something that’s a little edgy … (something) that’s a little different from the norm.” Bares uses a piece of jewelry she designed for a recent advertisement as an example. “I put the opals in there, but I didn’t just put opals, I put opal doublets,” which are slices of opal layered with a clear or black backing, she says. A vibrant blue and green opal with a dark ironstone backing strengthens the colors of the gem and “makes such a difference to customers.” Deciding what pieces of jewelry to purchase for the store and to whom each piece would appeal are among Bares’ day-to-day responsibilities. “I want to buy for the graduate, then I also want to buy for the woman having her 40th wedding

Chloe Fisher Bares and Craig Fisher manage the Metairie jewelry store. P H OTO B Y C H E R Y L G E R B E R

anniversary,” she says. “You need a little bit of everything to make everybody happy.” Bares’ knowledge of customers’ preferences and personalities comes from the family-like community that Fisher & Sons Jewelers has created over the years. “People feel very comfortable when you have a family jewelry store, because no one is a stranger,” she says. “We’re all family and we all treasure their jewelry as if it were ours. … We just feel a connection to the community and I feel that they trust us in that way.” Bares gets just as much joy out of picking a beautiful piece to display at the store as she does selling it to the right customer. “The merchandise is so personal to me,” she says. “(The pieces are) my babies … and I’m so excited when I’ve made a connection with people for a certain piece.” Bares says the main goal of the store is “living up to my dad’s catchphrase, ‘where the unusual is commonplace,’” and to watch the legacy of Fisher & Sons continue with new generations of customers. “My millennials that we helped with engagement rings or wedding rings are now having kids, and now they’re coming in to buy children’s jewelry,” she says. “When you’re a family jewelry store, you don’t go anywhere else.”

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1. This luxurious white shawl is one-size-fits-all, so gifting glamour is uncomplicated, $70 at Prima Donna’s Closet (927 Royal St., 504-8754437; 1206 St. Charles Ave., 504-522-3327; www.primadonnascloset.com). 2. Leave leather goods feeling like silk with the oils and polishes in this shoe care kit, $55 at Sotre (3933 Magazine St., 504-304-9475; www.sotrenola.com).

3. Show your Louisiana pride with a beautiful bronze and silver representation of a charbroiled oyster, a Gulf Coast specialty, $95 at Jose Balli Jewelry (621 Chartres St., 504-522-1770; 800 Metairie Road, Metairie, 504832-8990; 3138 Magazine St., 504-371-5533; 70360 Highway 21, Covington, 985-8928990; www.joseballi.com).

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Drink and be merry with tumblers that show your favorite team some love, $26 and up at NOLA Boo (517 Metairie Road, Suite 200, Metairie, 504-5104655; www.shopnolaboo.com).

Conscious Coconut body oil is a stocking stuffer with a mission: For every tube sold, the company makes a donation to the Feeding America network of food banks, $15 at Barre3 (600 Metairie Road, Metairie, 504-301-2017; 611 Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Keefe Ave., Suite C-3, 504-371-5297; 5235 Magazine St., 504-3013082; www.barre3.com).

Give a holiday toddy a little extra zing with Sazerac Rye whiskey, $22.99 at Robert Fresh Market (135 Robert E. Lee Blvd., 504-282-3428; 5016 W. Esplanade Ave., Metairie, 504-885-7005; 8115 S. Claiborne Ave., 504-488-0536; www. robertfreshmarket.com).

This purse is the perfect sparkling accessory to wear while ringing in the new year, $19 at Funky Monkey (3127 Magazine St., 504-899-5587; www.funkymonkeynola.com).

These seashell-like earrings will inspire beachy dreams â&#x20AC;Ś and summer vacation plans, $145 at Sabai (3115 Magazine St., 504-899-9555; www.sabaijewelry.com).

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Against the current

Honoring Chase LEAH CHASE , New Orleans’ Queen

of Creole Cuisine, is turning 95. That’s reason to celebrate. On Saturday, Jan. 6, a gala dinner and reception at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans will honor Chase and raise funds for the family’s charitable foundation. According to an announcement, the dinner and reception will feature “a musical and theatrical journey through the joys of (Chase’s) life,” as well as a “roster of recognizable faces and tributes.” A four-course dinner will be prepared, but chefs for the event have not been announced.

Curio colors outside the lines in the French Quarter BY H E L E N F R E U N D @helenfreund SEAFOOD RESTAURANTS IN NEW ORLEANS can be predictable, safe

bets. We’re proud — and rightly so — of our Gulf Coast classics and our culinary prowess in preparing them. Familiar dishes include oysters, char-grilled or presented raw on the half-shell, and barbecue shrimp served with buttery French bread. Fried seafood platters abound, and blackened redfish fillets arrive with mounds of lump crabmeat. It’s all very familiar and often very good. Every now and then, however, it’s nice to find something that falls outside the boundaries of the Creole repertoire. At Curio in the French Quarter, seafaring dishes take a turn for the lighter side, and it’s a pleasant detour. With executive chef Hayley Vanvleet at the wheel, scallops and tuna are sliced razor-thin and served carpaccio-style, under a colorful drizzle of tangy ginger-citrus vinaigrette, jalapeno gremolata and fresh mint. The silky texture of the scallops pairs beautifully with rich ginger and citrus emulsion while jalapenos and mint add dimension and a snappy bite. Vanvleet is a veteran of Meauxbar, Peche Seafood Grill and, most recently, Kingfish Kitchen & Cocktails. She worked at several renowned restaurants in Seattle before she moved to New Orleans and has said her West Coast experience influences her cooking. Her expertise with seafood is clear. Bakkafrost salmon, a high-quality fish, is grilled until the skin is crisped and the delicate fish beneath cuts like butter. The fish is nestles on

WHERE

301 Royal St., (504) 717-4198; www.curionola.com

a nutty farro salad with heirloom tomatoes, lemon-shallot vinaigrette and a smoked pine cone oil that adds an herbaceous note. Seared scallops get a much richer treatment. Dabbed with a salty Kalamata olive butter and topped with thick flakes of Grana Padano cheese, they were almost too buttery. Balancing some of the dish’s heft is a bed of Swiss chard sauteed with Roman artichokes, which imbue a necessary touch of brightness and acidity. A couple of dishes take a Southern turn, including shrimp boulettes. They’re fried and served with a thin buttermilk chive dip, white cheddar grit tots and a tangy roasted red pepper coulis. Though seafood is highlighted at Curio, there also are a few meat entrees that impress, including a massive grilled rib-eye steak served under a cap of garlicky, punchy gremolata with charred onion rings. Dessert takes a hint from the

WHEN

HOW MUCH

lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun.

expensive

WHAT WORKS

scallop and tuna carpaccio, Bakkafrost salmon

Chef Haley Vanvleet prepares fried pork ribs at Curio. P H OTO B Y C H E R Y L G E R B E R P H OTO B Y C H E R Y L G E R B E R

Caribbean with a delicious and dense browned butter rum cake drizzled in a spicy cayenne caramel sauce and paired with a creamy coconut semifreddo and bits of caramelized pineapple. The restaurant’s central location can make it a prime spot for people-watching, and while the downstairs features a spacious bar, the bright lighting can be a bit much. A better bet is finding a spot on the restaurant’s wraparound balcony. Curio’s menu colors outside of the lines, imagining a selection of dishes that honors the sea in creative ways. Email Helen Freund at helensfreund@gmail.com

WHAT DOESN’T

ground floor bar is too bright

CHECK, PLEASE

creative seafood dishes in the French Quarter

There is a patron reception at 6 p.m., and the dinner is at 7 p.m. Tickets to the event are $250, and guests must make reservations by Dec. 29 at www.dookychasefoundation.org. Proceeds from the dinner will support the Edgar “Dooky” Jr. and Leah Chase Family Foundation, a nonprofit that funds social justice and education, culinary and creative arts programs. — HELEN FREUND

Stoked Stokehold (4124 Tchoupitoulas St., 504-266-2332; www.stokeholdrestaurant.com), the restaurant inside Port Orleans Brewing Co. (www.portorleansbrewingco.com), is launching a biweekly beer dinner series Dec. 20. Chefs Jeremy Wolgamott, Phillip Mariano and Tim Bordes opened the restaurant in spring. The prix fixe three-course dinners include a brief class prior to the meal in which the chefs and brewers discuss beer tasting and pairing, explain how different flavors influence how beer tastes and how the team pairs food and beer. PAGE 28

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Celebrate & Enjoy

CHEF RITA’S Special Holiday Menu

Dec 20th - Dec 31st

5 Courses for $55

Each of the courses is paired with one of the brewery’s beers. The dinner costs $45 and seating is limited to 20 people per event. To make reservations, contact Port Orleans Brewery. — HELEN FREUND

Maple Street Mediterranean MEDITERRANEAN CUISINE HUB

Hummus & More (3363 Severn Ave., Suite 7, Metairie, 504-8339228; www.hummusandmore. com) opened a second location at 7724 Maple St. in early December, taking over the longtime home of Babylon Cafe.

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Locally made classic boudin, frisee, creole honey mustard

Minimal changes were made to the Maple Street restaurant’s interior, and the menu mirrors the Metairie flagship. Chef Huda Aldisi, who spent 18 years in the kitchen at the Metairie Road location of Byblos, opened Hummus & More in Metairie in 2015 after making a trip to her native Jordan. Hummus & More serves lunch and dinner daily. —HELEN FREUND

Blanc de brew

Francisco will replace Batali at the dinnner. According to the Eater report, four women accused the high-profile chef and television personality of inappropriate touching in incidents spanning at least two decades. Most of the women were Batali’s employees, although one of the women, a chef at a separate restaurant, told the website the chef touched her inappropriately at an after-party for a wine auction in New Orleans 10 years ago. The woman alleges that after a drink accidentally spilled on her shirt, Batali “…began rubbing her breasts with his bare hands while saying something like, ‘Let me help you with that.’” Eater reported that, according to a spokesperson for the Batali & Bastianich Hospitality Group, Batali was reprimanded for inappropriate behavior in the workplace two months ago. Batali removed himself from day-to-day operations at the company.

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The report comes on the heels of an explosive NOLA.com | The Times-Picyaune report alleging a widespread culture of sexual misconduct at the Besh Restaurant Group. — HELEN FREUND

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BY BRENDA MAITLAND

ABITA BREWING COMPANY (www.

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abita.com) is launching a new beer this week in celebration of the city’s tricentennial. Maison Blanc, brewed with malted barley, wheat and sauvignon blanc grapes, will hit shelves this week. “Maison Blanc has the mild, dry flavor you seek in your favorite house white wine, with the delicious crisp characteristics of sauvignon blanc grapes,” says Abita brewmaster Mark Wilson. — HELEN FREUND

Batali unlinked CELEBRITY CHEF MARIO BATALI

no longer will be the host chef at the Link Stryjewski Foundation’s (www.linkstryjewski.org) Bal Masque Chef’s Dinner Jan. 19. Batali stepped down from his restaurant group following allegations of sexual misconduct published in an investigation by Eater. com. Chef Nancy Oakes (pictdured) of Boulevard Restaurant and Prospect Restaurant in San

Lucien Albrecht Cremant d’Alsace Brut Rose Alsace, France Retail $22-$23 FRANCE’S CREMANT WINES are heralded by many wine

enthusiasts as the sparkling wines closest in style to Champagne. The major differences are that cremant wines are produced outside the Champagne region, and different grapes may be used in their production. This sparkling rose comes from Alsace, where the Albrecht family’s ancestors planted vines nearly 600 years ago. It’s made from pinot noir, the only red grape permitted in the region. Whole clusters of hand-picked grapes are gently pressed in a pneumatic press. After the second fermentation takes place in the bottle, the wine stays on its lees — still in the bottle — for 14 to 16 months. In the glass, it has an exuberant effervescence and aromas of strawberry and raspberry. On the palate, taste red berry fruit, wild cherry, vibrant acidity, minerality and a dry finish. Drink it as an aperitif or with seafood, salads, lighter meats, cheeses, desserts and salty bites such as potato chips. Buy it at: W.I.N.O. Shop and Dorignac’s Food Center. Drink it at: Antoine’s Restaurant, Effervescence, MoPho and Dakota Restaurant.

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3-COURSE INTERVIEW

Christopher Nobles CHOCOLATE MAKER CHRISTOPHER NOBLES recently opened

the bean-to-bar chocolate shop Piety and Desire Chocolate (2727 S. Broad St.; www.pietyanddesirechocolate.com). The store functions as a factory and boutique, where the New Orleans native and Loyola University graduate sells chocolates and confections, including collaborations with his neighbors, such as a Broad Street Cider & Ale mulled apple cider caramel and a “Tiki bar” bonbon made with rum from Roulaison Distilling Co. Nobles spoke with Gambit about chocolate.

What is the ethos behind the bean-to-bar business model? NOBLES: There are a few facets to the ethos of craft chocolate. The main storyline echoes that of the craft beer and spirits industry: the pursuit of pushing and pulling the form to its sculptural limits. However, our movement being a global business has a greater thread of social responsibility. Many of us go above and beyond the standards of Fair Trade, paying many times more than that price directly to producers, cooperatives and farmers in what’s known as direct or conscious trade. I feel it’s my responsibility to source from organic sources, who, by intercropping or abandoning less environmentally sustainable agricultural models, make the world a little bit greener. To that end, much of my packaging is recycled, compostable and even plantable.

What does chocolatemaking entail? N: I spend a couple hours sorting out defects from the beans. My roasts are rather small, so I generally need seven 20- to 30-minute roasts to yield what I need for a 30-to 35-kilogram batch. The seeds rest overnight to cool, after which the hulls are removed in my winnower, which takes about an hour. Before starting, I mill my own sugar with raw sugar from Three Brothers Farm. … For a single-origin or a varietal bar, I would press a small amount of cocoa butter using a proprietary method. For non-origin stuff — like a dark couverture or milk

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chocolate — I use nondeodorized, organic cocoa butter. The cacao nibs (cracked, hulled seeds) are refined in my melangeur (grinder) along with the sugar and any additional ingredients that need to be refined or mixed in. After 24 to 48 hours, this is moved into my conche, which uses heat and agitation to release unwanted volatile compounds and develop the flavor. That continues for a second phase, using force to break apart microscopic particle [masses] and to ensure these particles of cocoa mass and sugar are evenly coated in cocoa butter. Then we have chocolate, but it is not finished. Chocolate must age three to four weeks, during which time the flavor will mellow and settle. At this point, it is ready to be tempered by machine into bars and confections, a whole other process unto itself.

Why the name Piety and Desire? N: I wanted a name that reflected my family’s six-ish generations of New Orleans history in an honorable, non-fleur-de-lis-laden or culturally appropriated fashion. Our historical roots are shallow in the Bywater — one or two folks going back, and I’m the third of the past five generations to settle in (Faubourg) Marigny. (The name) Piety and Desire mirrors the history of cacao itself. Beginning as a sacred food of the gods in ancient Mesoamerica (among many spiritual aspects), these noble seeds also represented more secular aspects of life, from its use as a currency to its use as an aphrodisiac. — HELEN FREUND

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Teddy Bear Tea 1 p.m. Dec. 19-20; 10 a.m., 1 p.m. & 4 p.m. Dec. 21-23; 10 a.m. Dec. 24 The Roosevelt New Orleans, 130 Roosevelt Way, (504) 335-3129 www.therooseveltneworleans.com The tea party includes holiday foods, pastries, specialty teas and sparkling wine or mimosas for adults. Attendees get a Roosevelt teddy bear, and photos with Santa are available for purchase. Tickets $67.38 for children, $94.33 for adults.

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Counter Club: Cheese Please 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Thursday Toups South, Southern Food & Beverage Museum, 1504 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 304-2147 www.toupssouth.com Chef Issac Toups serves a cheese-themed four-course dinner featuring dishes such as broccoli cheese rice, which combines of charred broccoli, Comte cheese and risotto. There are two seatings. The dinner costs $50.

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BARBECUE Ted’s Smokehouse BBQ — 3809 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 305-4393 — Ted’s special combination includes choices of three meats (sliced brisket, pulled pork, sausage, pork ribs) and two sides (baked beans, corn, coleslaw, potato salad). Stuffed potatoes are available with pulled pork or chopped beef. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

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Ben’s Burgers — 2008 Clearview Parkway, Metairie, (504) 889-2837; www. eatatbens.com — The menu features an array of charcoal-grilled burgers topped with cheese, chili, barbecue sauce and more. There also are chili cheese fries, onion rings, chicken nuggets and shakes. No reservations. Open 24 hours daily. Credit cards. $

CAFE Antoine’s Annex — 513 Royal St., (504) 525-8045; www.antoines.com — The Annex is a coffee shop serving pastries, sandwiches, soups, salads and gelato. The Caprese panino combines fresh mozzarella, pesto, tomatoes and balsamic vinaigrette. The ham and honey-Dijon panino is topped with feta and watercress. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

Cafe Aquarius — 2101 Paris Road, Chalmette, (504) 510-3080 — The croque St. Bernard features roast beef debris, smoked Gouda cheese, caramelized onions, chive aioli and bechamel on focaccia. The vegan Buffalo “chicken” wrap includes fried cauliflower, cabbage, cashew “blue cheese,” ranch and vegan Buffalo sauce. No reservations. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Cafe Gentilly — 5339 Franklin Ave., (504) 281-4220; www.thecafegentilly. com — The Morning Star features two eggs topped with Swiss and American cheeses and sauteed ham, peppers and onions served with hash browns. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily. Cash only. $ Cafe Luna — 802 1/2 Nashville Ave., (504) 333-6833; www.facebook.com/ cafeluna504 — The menu includes locally roasted coffee, hand-rolled bagels and a variety of items cooked from scratch. Eggs banh mi features poached eggs and five spice-pulled pork served with housemade bread, daikon slaw and cilantro pesto. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and early dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Cafe NOMA — New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, (504) 482-1264; www.cafenoma.com — The cafe serves roasted Gulf shrimp and vegetable salad dressed with Parmesan-white balsamic vinaigrette. Other options include chipotle-marinated portobello sliders and flatbread pizza topped with manchego, peppers and roasted garlic. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Tue.-Sun., dinner Fri. Credit cards. $ The Delachaise — 3442 St. Charles Ave., (504) 895-0858; www.thedelachaise.com — The bar offers wines by the glass and full restaurant menu including mussels steamed with Thai chili and lime leaf. Twice cooked pork is served over plantains. No reservations. Lunch Fri.Sun., dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$ Lakeview Brew Coffee Cafe — 5606 Canal Blvd., (504) 483-7001 — This casual cafe offers gourmet coffees and a wide range of pastries and desserts baked in house, plus a menu of specialty sandwiches and salads. For breakfast, an omelet is filled with marinated mushrooms, bacon, spinach and goat cheese. Tuna salad or chicken salad avocado melts are topped with melted Monterey Jack and shredded Parmesan cheeses and served on a choice of bread. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $ NOLA Beans — 762 Harrison Ave., (504) 267-0783; www.nolabeans.com — The organic Argonne turkey sandwich features organic avocado, tomatoes, sprouts and Havarti cheese on choice of bread. Spanish Fort salad is made with romaine, avocado, grilled chicken, pico de gallo, corn, black beans and avocado ranch dressing.

No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and early dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

CHINESE Five Happiness — 3511 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 482-3935; www.fivehappiness.com — The large menu at Five Happiness offers a range of dishes from wonton soup to sizzling seafood combinations served on a hot plate to sizzling Go-Ba to lo mein dishes. Delivery and banquest facilities available. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

COFFEE/DESSERT Angelo Brocato’s — 214 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1465; www.angelobrocatoicecream.com — This sweet shop serves its own gelato, spumoni, Italian ice, cannolis, fig cookies and other treats. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Piccola Gelateria — 4525 Freret St., (504) 493-5999; www.piccolagelateria. com — The cafe offers 18 rotating flavors of small-batch Italian-style gelatos and sorbettos. The menu also includes flatbreads on piadina, crepes and espresso drinks. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $

CONTEMPORARY Apolline — 4729 Magazine St., (504) 894-8881; www.apollinerestaurant.com — Stuffed quail is served with cornbread dressing, haricots verts, cherry tomatoes and rum-honey glaze. For brunch, grilled hanger steak is served with fried eggs and potato hash. Reservations accepted. Brunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Bayona — 430 Dauphine St., (504) 5254455; www.bayona.com — House favorites on Chef Susan Spicer’s menu include crispy smoked quail salad with pear and bourbon-molasses dressing. Reservations recommended. Lunch Wed.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Brown Butter Southern Kitchen & Bar — 231 N. Carrollton Ave., Suite C, (504) 609-3871; www.brownbutterrestaurant. com — Vinegar-braised grilled beef short ribs are served over stone-ground yellow grits with arugula and boiled peanut salad. The Brunch burger features a brisket and short rib patty topped with bacon, brie, a fried egg, onion jam and arugula on a brioche bun. Reservations accepted. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Chais Delachaise — 7708 Maple St., (504) 510-4509; www.chaisdelachaise. com — The eclectic menu includes bouillabaisse, grilled Caribbean lobster, jerk shrimp and more. New York strip steak is served au poivre or with chimichurri sauce and comes with fries. Reservations accepted. Lunch Sat.-Sun., early dinner Mon.-Fri., dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Emeril’s Delmonico — 1300 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-4937; www.emerilsrestaurants.com/emerils-delmonico — Paneed veal bordelaise is served with linguine, jumbo lump crabmeat, artichoke, mushrooms and charred tomatoes. Pecan-glazed Colorado lamb

loin is served with bourbon and lamb bacon-braised kale, black-eyed peas and pecan gremolata. Reservations recommended. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Emeril’s Restaurant — 800 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 528-9393; www.emerilsrestaurants.com/emerils-new-orleans — Cast-iron baked escargot are served with angel hair pasta tossed with garlic-chili oil, bottarga fish roe and Parmesan. A tamarind-glazed double-cut pork chop is topped with green chili mole and served with sweet potatoes. Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Green Goddess — 307 Exchange Place, (504) 301-3347; www.greengoddessrestaurant.com — Swedish meatloaf is made with Two Run Farms grass-fed beef and served with lingonberrry pepper jelly, creamed mushroom potatoes and Creole kale. There are many vegetarian and vegan options. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Wed.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Meril — 424 Girod St., (504) 526-3745; www.emerilsrestaurants.com/meril — Emeril Lagasse’s newest restaurant offers an array of internationally inspired dishes. Sofrito-marinated turkey necks are tossed in Crystal hot sauce. Esses fettuccine is tossed with olive oil, garlic, Calabrian chilis, jumbo lump crabmeat, arugula and almonds. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ NOLA Restaurant — 534 St. Louis St., (504) 522-6652; www.emerilsrestaurants. com/nola-restaurant — A 14-ounce grilled Niman Ranch pork chop is served with brown sugar-glazed sweet potatoes, toasted pecans and a caramelized onion reduction sauce. Garlic-crusted drum is served with brabant potatoes, crimini mushrooms, bacon, haricots verts and beurre rouge. Reservations recommended. Lunch Thu.-Mon., dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Rue 127 — 127 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 483-1571; www.rue127.com — Grilled Gulf fish is seasoned with tandoori spices and served over Brussels sprouts, smoked potato puree and apple and fennel slaw. A char-grilled double-cut pork chop is served with bourbon-maple glaze, black-eyed pea hoppin’ John and hominy spoon bread. Reservations recommended. Dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Salon Restaurant by Sucre — 622 Conti St., (504) 267-7098; www.restaurantsalon.com — Croque Benedict features a soft-boiled egg, Raclette cheese, Mornay sauce and Crystal hollandaise over applewood-smoked ham, poached chicken or heirloom tomatoes and a chive biscuit. Happy hour small plates include sliders, flatbread and spiced butter shrimp on baguette. Reservations accepted. Brunch and early dinner Thu.Mon. Credit cards. $$ Suis Generis — 3219 Burgundy St., (504) 309-7850; www.suisgeneris.com — The constantly changing menu features dishes such as pan-fried Gulf flounder with kumquat-ginger sauce, crispy Brussels sprouts and sticky rice. House-made leek, ricotta and pumpkin seed ravioli are served with butternut squash cream sauce and grilled asparagus. Reservations accepted for large parties. Dinner Wed.-Sun., late-night Thu.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards accepted. $$

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Spotted Cat Food & Spirits — New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 371-5074; www.spottedcatfoodspirits.com — The menu includes pastries, bagels, breakfast dishes, sliders and more. The Jam burger features two beef patties, onion jam, bacon jam, fried onions and mustard and on a Hawaiian bun. Reservations recommended. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.Sat. Credit cards. $$

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Brennan’s New Orleans — 417 Royal St., (504) 525-9711; www.brennansneworleans.com — The renewed Brennan’s features innovative takes on Creole dishes from chef Slade Rushing as well as classics such as its signature bananas Foster. Eggs Sardou features poached eggs over crispy artichokes with Parmesan creamed spinach and choron sauce. Reservations recommended. Breakfast and lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$

Sammy’s Po-boys & Catering — 901 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 835-0916; Www.sammyspoboys.com — The Flickaletta is the muffuletta made with ham, salami, Swiss cheese and olive salad on French bread. The menu also includes chicken and andouille gumbo, salads, roast beef, fried seafood poboys, wraps and more. No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Sat., Dinner daily. Credit cards. $

The Landing Restaurant — Crowne Plaza, 2829 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 467-5611; www.neworleansairporthotel. com — The Landing serves Cajun and Creole dishes with many seafood options. Louisiana crab cakes are popular. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

Welty’s Deli — 336 Camp St., (504) 5920223; www.weltysdeli.com — The New Orleans AK sandwich features a choice of four meats plus cheddar, provolone, pepper Jack and Swiss cheeses on a warm muffuletta bun. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Fri. Credit cards. $

Palace Cafe — 605 Canal St., (504) 523-1661; www.palacecafe.com — Creative Creole dishes include crabmeat cheesecake topped with Creole meuniere. Andouille-crusted fish is served with Crystal buerre blanc. For dessert, there’s white chocolate bread pudding. Reservations recommended. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Roux on Orleans — Bourbon Orleans, 717 Orleans Ave., (504) 571-4604; www.bourbonorleans.com — This restaurant offers contemporary Creole dishes including barbecue shrimp, redfish couvillion, gumbo and catfish and shrimp dishes. Reservations accepted. Breakfast daily, dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Tableau — 616 St. Peter St., (504) 934-3463; www.tableaufrenchquarter. com — Tableau’s contemporary Creole cuisine includes marinated crab claws in white truffle vinaigrette and pan-roasted redfish Bienville with frisee, fingerling potato salad and blue crab butter sauce. Balcony and courtyard dining available. Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Willie Mae’s Scotch House — 2401 St. Ann St., (504) 822-9503; www.williemaesnola.com — This neighborhood restaurant is known for its wet-battered fried chicken. Green beans come with rice and gravy. There’s bread pudding for dessert. No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

DELI Breaux Mart — Citywide; www. breauxmart.com — Breaux Mart prides itself on its “Deli to Geaux” as well as weekday specials. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Kosher Cajun New York Deli & Grocery — 3519 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 8882010; www.koshercajun.com — This New York-style deli specializes in sandwiches, including corned beef and pastrami that come straight from the Bronx. No reservations. Lunch Sun.-Thu., dinner Mon.-Thu. Credit cards. $ Martin Wine Cellar — 714 Elmeer Ave., Metairie, (504) 896-7350; 2895 Hwy. 190, Mandeville, (985) 951-8081; 3827 Baronne St., (504) 899-7411; www.martinwine.com — The wine emporium’s dinner menu includes pork rib chops served with

INDIAN Nirvana Indian Cuisine — 4308 Magazine St., (504) 894-9797 — Serving mostly northern Indian cuisine, the restaurant’s extensive menu ranges from chicken to vegetable dishes. Reservations accepted for five or more. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Taj Mahal Indian Cuisine — 923-C Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 836-6859 — The traditional menu features lamb, chicken and seafood served in a variety of ways, including curries and tandoori. Vegetarian options are available. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Tandoori Chicken — 2916 Cleary Ave., Metairie, (504) 889-7880 — The menu features tandoori dishes with chicken, lamb, fish or shrimp; mild and spicy curries and spicy hot vindaloo dishes; rice dishes such as chicken, lamb or shrimp biryani; and vegetarian dishes including palak paneer (spinch and cheese) and bhindi masala with okra. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

ITALIAN Andrea’s Restaurant — 3100 N. 19th St., Metairie, (504) 834-8583; www.andreasrestaurant.com — Chef/owner Andrea Apuzzo’s specialties include speckled trout royale which is topped with lump crabmeat and lemon-cream sauce. Capelli D’Andrea combines house-made angel hair pasta and smoked salmon in light cream sauce. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Mosca’s — 4137 Hwy. 90 W., Westwego, (504) 436-8950; www.moscasrestaurant.com — This family-style eatery has changed little since opening in 1946. Popular dishes include shrimp Mosca, chicken a la grande and baked oysters Mosca, made with breadcrumps and Italian seasonings. Reservations accepted. Dinner Tue.-Sat. Cash only. $$$ Specialty Italian Bistro — 2330 Belle Chasse Hwy., Gretna, (504) 391-1090; www.specialtyitalianbistro.com — The menu combines old world Italian favorites and pizza. Chicken piccata is a paneed chicken breast topped with PAGE 38

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offers a glimpse of what 19th century French Creole dining might have been like, with a labyrinthine series of dining rooms. Signature dishes include oysters Rockefeller, crawfish Cardinal and baked Alaska. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Mon-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$

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lemon-caper piccata sauce served with angel hair pasta, salad and garlic cheese bread. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Vincent’s Italian Cuisine — 4411 Chastant St., Metairie, (504) 885-2984; 7839 St. Charles Ave., (504) 866-9313; www.vincentsitaliancuisine.com — Corn and crab bisque is served in a toasted bread cup. Osso buco features a veal shank with angel hair pasta and veal demi-glace. Reservations accepted. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

JAPANESE Mikimoto — 3301 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 488-1881; www.mikimotosushi. com — Sushi choices include new and old favorites, both raw and cooked. The South Carrollton roll includes tuna tataki, avocado and snow crab. Delivery available. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Miyako Japanese Seafood & Steakhouse — 1403 St. Charles Ave., (504) 410-9997; www.japanesebistro.com — Miyako offers a full range of Japanese cuisine, with specialties from the sushi or hibachi menus, chicken, beef or seafood teriyaki, and tempura. Reservations accepted. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

LOUISIANA CONTEMPORARY Capdeville — 520 Capdeville St., (504) 371-5161; www.capdevillenola.com — The rock ’n’ roll-themed gastropub serves

burgers, sandwiches, entrees and sides such as poutine and truffle macaroni and cheese. Rebel Yell braised short ribs are served with corn maque choux and mashed sweet potatoes. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Criollo — Hotel Monteleone, 214 Royal St., (504) 681-4444; www.criollonola.com — The shrimp, blue crab and avocado appetizer features chilled shrimp, crab, guacamole and spicy tomato coulis. Baked stuffed Creole redfish is served with crabmeat and green tomato crust, angel hair pasta and Creole tomato jam. Reservations recommended. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Dick & Jenny’s — 4501 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 894-9880; www.dickandjennys. com — Located in a renovated Creole cottage, the restaurant serves contemporary Creole dishes. Braised Niman Ranch pork cheeks are served with sauteed Southern greens, grit cakes, sweet potatoes and country gravy. Reservations recommended. Dinner Wed.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Heritage Grill — 111 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Suite 150, Metairie, (504) 9344900; www.heritagegrillmetairie.com — This power lunch spot offers dishes like duck and wild mushroom spring rolls with mirin-soy dipping sauce and panfried crab cakes with corn maque choux and sugar snap peas. Reservations accepted. Lunch Mon.-Fri. Credit cards. $$ Le Bayou Restaurant — 208 Bourbon St., (504) 525-4755; www.lebayourestaurant.com — Shrimp Ya-Ya features Gulf shrimp sauteed with Cajun pesto and served with garlic toast. Jambalaya PAGE 40

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Restaurant R’evolution (777 Bienville St., 504-553-2277; www.revolutionnola.com) serves Red Fish Orleans with stuffed artichoke, crab calas, spinach crema and caviar butter.

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pasta includes shrimp, chicken, smoked sausage, onions, peppers, mushrooms and spicy Creole tomato sauce tossed with penne pasta. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night Mon.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Ralph’s On The Park — 900 City Park Ave., (504) 488-1000; www.ralphsonthepark.com — Popular dishes include turtle soup finished with sherry, grilled lamb spare ribs and barbecue Gulf shrimp. Tuna two ways includes tuna tartare, seared pepper tuna, avocado and wasabi cream. Reservations recommended. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Restaurant R’evolution — 777 Bienville St., (504) 553-2277; www.revolutionnola. com — Chefs John Folse and Rick Tramanto present a creative take on Creole dishes as well as offering caviar tastings, house-made salumi, pasta dishes and more. “Death by Gumbo” is an andouilleand oyster-stuffed quail with a rouxbased gumbo poured on top tableside. Reservations recommended. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

MEDITERRANEAN/ MIDDLE EASTERN Casablanca — 3030 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-2209; www.casablancanola.com — House-made couscous can be topped with Moroccan-style chicken, lamb or beef and is served with vegetables. Tanzia fassi features lamb slow cooked with onions, prunes, saffron and Moroccan spices in a clay pot. Reservations accepted. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner Sun.-Thu. Credit cards. $$ Pyramids Cafe — 3151 Calhoun St., (504) 861-9602 — Diners will find Mediterranean cuisine featuring such favorites as sharwarma prepared on a rotisserie. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

MEXICAN El Gato Negro — 81 French Market Place, (504) 525-9752; 300 Harrison Ave., (504) 488-0107; 800 S. Peters St., (504) 309-8864; www.elgatonegronola. com — Ceviche Cabo San Lucas features

Juan’s Flying Burrito — 515 Baronne St., (504) 529-5825; 2018 Magazine St., (504) 486-9950; 4724 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 569-0000; 5538 Magazine St.; www. juansflyingburrito.com — Juan’s serves tacos, burritos, quesadillas, nachos, salads and more. Roasted pork tacos are topped with spicy slaw. Vegetarian Mardi Gras Indian tacos feature roasted corn, beans, cheese and spicy slaw on corn tortillas. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ La Casita Taqueria — 8400 Oak St., (504) 826-9913; www.eatlacasita.com — El Fuego tacos feature braised brisket, Monterey Jack cheese, salsa verde and pico de gallo in corn tortillas. Pork and sweet potato quesadillas are filled with carnitas, spicy sweet potatoes, pico de gallo and manchego. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

MUSIC AND FOOD The Columns — 3811 St. Charles Ave., (504) 899-9308; www.thecolumns.com — There’s live music in the Victorian Lounge at the Columns. The menu offers such Creole favorites as gumbo and crab cakes and there are cheese plates as well. Reservations accepted. Breakfast daily, lunch Fri.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Thu., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Gazebo Cafe — 1018 Decatur St., (504) 525-8899; www.gazebocafenola.com — The Gazebo features a mix of Cajun and Creole dishes and ice cream daquiris. The New Orleans sampler rounds up jambalaya, red beans and rice and gumbo. Other options include salads, seafood po-boys and burgers. No reservations. Lunch and early dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ House of Blues — 225 Decatur St., 3104999; www.hob.com/neworleans — Panseared jumbo shrimp top a grit cake and are served with chipotle-garlic cream sauce and tomatoes. The buffet-style gospel brunch features local and regional groups. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ The Market Cafe — 1000 Decatur St., (504) 527-5000; www.marketcafenola. com — Dine indoors or out on seafood either fried for platters or po-boys or highlighted in dishes such as crawfish pie, crawfish etouffee or shrimp Creole. Sandwich options include muffulettas, Philly steaks on po-boy bread and gyros in pita bread. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

NEIGHBORHOOD biscuits & buns on banks — 4337 Banks St., (504) 273-4600; www.biscuitsandbunsonbanks.com — Signature dishes include a waffle topped with brie and blueberry compote and French toast served with caramelized bananas and pancetta. The menu also includes biscuits topped with gravy or chicken tenders with andouille and chorizo gravy. Delivery available Tuesday to Friday. No reservations. Brunch and lunch daily. Credit cards. $$ Cafe B — 2700 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 934-4700; www.cafeb.com — This cafe serves an elevated take on the dishes commonly found in neighborhood restaurants. Grilled redfish is served with confit of wild mushrooms, spaghetti squash, charred Vidalia onion and aged balsamic vinegar. Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$

OUT TO EAT Chef Ron’s Gumbo Stop — 2309 N. Causeway Blvd., Metairie, (504) 835-2022; www.gumbostop.com — Stuffed gumbo features a hand-battered and fried catfish fillet atop chicken, sausage, shrimp and crabmeat gumbo. Fried chicken is cooked to order. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Joey K’s — 3001 Magazine St., (504) 891-0997; www.joeyksrestaurant.com — This casual eatery serves fried seafood platters, salads, sandwiches and Creole favorites such as red beans and rice. Daily specials include braised lamb shank, lima beans with a ham hock and chicken fried steak served with macaroni and cheese. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Katie’s Restaurant — 3701 Iberville St., (504) 488-6582; www.katiesinmidcity.com — Favorites at this Mid-City restaurant include the Cajun Cuban with roasted pork, grilled ham, cheese and pickles pressed on buttered bread. The Boudreaux pizza is topped with cochon de lait, spinach, red onions, roasted garlic, scallions and olive oil. There also are salads, burgers and Italian dishes. No reservations. Lunch daily, Dinner Mon.Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ R&O’s Restaurant — 216 Metairie-Hammond Highway, Metairie, (504) 831-1248; www.rnosrestarurant.com — The roast beef po-boy is dressed with cheese and brown or red gravy and served on a toasted sesame loaf. The menu includes seafood, pizza, salads and Italian dishes. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

PERUVIAN Tito’s Ceviche & Pisco — 5015 Magazine St., (504) 267-7612; www.titoscevichepisco.com — Daily ceviche selections feature seafood such as tuna, snapper or other Gulf fish. Lomo saltado is a traditional dish of sauteed beef and onions served with potatoes. Reservations accepted. Dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards.$$

PIZZA G’s Kitchen Spot — Balcony Bar, 3201 Magazine St., (504) 891-9226; www. gskitchenspot.com — Brick-oven Margherita pizza includes mozzarella, basil and house-made garlic-butter sauce. G’s grilled Philly steak sandwich is topped with red onions, bell peppers, mushrooms and Muenster and mozzarella cheeses on grilled bread. No reservations. Lunch Fri.-Sun., dinner and latenight daily. Credit cards.$ G’s Pizza — 4840 Bienville St., (504) 483-6464; www.gspizzas.com — Margherita pizza features house-made dough topped with garlic-butter sauce, mozzarella, Parmesan, oregano and tomatoes. The NOLA Green Roots pie features house-made sauce, mozzarella, black olives, mushrooms, onions, organic spinach, bell peppers, roasted red peppers, artichokes and roasted garlic. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and latenight daily. Credit cards. $ Louisiana Pizza Kitchen — 95 French Market Place, (504) 522-9500; www.lpkfrenchquarter.com — Jumbo Gulf shrimp are sauteed with sherry, tomatoes, white wine, basil, garlic and butter and served over angel hair pasta. Roasted garlic pizza is topped with roasted whole garlic cloves, sun-dried tomatoes, spinach, feta and mozzarella. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Marks Twain’s Pizza Landing — 2035

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Slice Pizzeria — 1513 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-7437; www.slicepizzeria.com — Slice serves pizza by the pie or slice, plus salads, pasta and more. The Sportsman’s Paradise pie is topped with Gulf shrimp, andouille, corn, diced tomatoes and caramelized onions. Full bar available. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 4218 Magazine St., (504) 894-8554; 4024 Canal St., (504) 302-1133; www.theospizza.com — There is a wide variety of specialty pies and diners can build their own from the selection of more than two-dozen toppings. The menu also includes salads and sandwiches. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Wit’s Inn — 141 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1600; www.witsinn.com — The neighborhood bar and restaurant offers a menu of pizza, calzones, salads, sandwiches, chicken wings and bar noshing items. Creole Italian pizza is topped with red sauce, spicy shrimp, Roma tomatoes, feta, mozzarella, red onions and pesto sauce. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch, dinner and latenight daily. Credit cards. $

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Killer Poboys — 219 Dauphine St., (504) 462-2731; 811 Conti St., (504) 252-6745; www.killerpoboys.com — Killer Poboys offers a short and constantly changing menu of po-boys. The Dark and Stormy features pork shoulder slowly braised with ginger and Old New Orleans Spiced Rum and is dressed with house-made garlic mayo and lime cabbage. No reservations. Hours vary by location. Cash only at Conti Street location. $ Magazine Po-boy Shop — 2368 Magazine St., (504) 522-3107 — Po-boy fillings include everything from fried seafood to corned beef. The roast beef po-boy is topped with gravy and Swiss cheese on Leidenheimer bread. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Short Stop Po-Boys — 119 Transcontinental Drive, Metairie, (504) 885-4572; www.shortstoppoboysno.com — Popular po-boy options include fried shrimp or fried oysters and roast beef, featuring beef slow cooked in its own jus. Short Stop’s gumbo combines smoked andouille sausage and chicken. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat., early dinner Mon.-Thu., dinner Fri.-Sat. Credit cards and checks. $

SEAFOOD Basin Seafood & Spirits — 3222 Magazine St., (504) 302-7391; www.basinseafoodnola.com — The menu includes grilled whole fish, royal red shrimp with garlic butter and crab and crawfish beignets with remoulade. Char-broiled oysters are topped with Parmesan and garlic butter. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Bourbon House — 144 Bourbon St., (504) 522-0111; www.bourbonhouse. com — Bourbon House serves seafood dishes including New Orleans barbecue shrimp, redfish cooked with the skin

on, oysters from the raw bar and more. Large picture windows offer views of Bourbon Street. Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Heads & Tails Seafood & Oyster Bar — 1820 Dickory Ave., Suite A, Harahan, (504) 533-9515; www.headsandtailsrestaurant.com — Blackened or sauteed redfish Pontchartrain is served with crabmeat, mashed potatoes and lemon beurre blanc. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Jack Dempsey’s Restaurant — 738 Poland Ave., (504) 943-9914; Www. jackdempseys.net — The Jack Dempsey platter for two features gumbo, shrimp, catfish, crab balls, redfish, crawfish pies and two sides. The menu includes a variety of fried or broiled seafood, steaks, po-boys and more. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Tue.Fri., dinner Wed.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Red Fish Grill — 115 Bourbon St., (504) 598-1200; www.redfishgrill.com — Seafood favorites include hickory-grilled redfish, pecan-crusted catfish, alligator sausage and seafood gumbo. Barbecue oysters are flash fried, tossed in Crystal barbecue sauce and served with blue cheese dressing. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Restaurant des Familles — 7163 Barataria Blvd., Marrero, (504) 689-7834; www. desfamilles.com — The menu of Cajun and Creole favorites includes gumbo, turtle soup, seafood platters and New Orleans barbecue shrimp, as well as salads, pasta and more. Alligator-stuffed mushrooms are served with alligator sauce piquant. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$

STEAKHOUSE Dickie Brennan’s Steakhouse — 716 Iberville St., (504) 522-2467; www.dickiebrennansrestaurant.com — The house filet mignon is served atop creamed spinach with fried oysters and Pontalba potatoes. Popular starters include the jumbo lump crabcake with aioli. Reservations recommended. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ The Steak Knife Restaurant & Bar — 888 Harrison Ave., (504) 488-8981; www. steakkniferestaurant.com — Shrimp bordelaise features jumbo Gulf shrimp sauteed with mushrooms, white wine and garlic butter and flamed with brandy. Pepper-crusted yellowfin tuna steak is served with lemon-caper butter. Reservations accepted. Dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$

VIETNAMESE Namese — 4077 Tulane Ave., (504) 483-8899; www.namese.net — Shaken pho features bone marrow broth, flat noodles and a choice of protein (filet mignon, short rib, brisket, seafood, chicken, tofu) stir-fried with onions, garlic and bone marrow oil. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Rolls N Bowls — 605 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 309-0519; www.rollsnbowlsnola.com — Chicken pho includes rice noodles, cilantro and onions. Banh mi include roasted pork dressed with carrots, cucumber, jalapenos and cilantro on French bread. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

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TUESDAY 19 21st Amendment — Prohibition AllStars, 7:30 Banks Street Bar — Ricky T & the Robots, 9 Blue Nile — PJ Morton, 10 BMC — Jersey Slim, 5; Dapper Dandies, 8 Bourbon O Bar — Marty Peters Quartet, 8 Cafe Negril — 4 Sidemen of the Apocalypse, 6 Check Point Charlie — Jamie Lynn Vessels, 8 Chickie Wah Wah — Chip Wilson, 5:30; Michael Cerveris & Loose Cattle, 8 Circle Bar — Carl LeBlanc, 6; Engine Joe, Denim Gorgeous, 9:30 Columns Hotel — John Rankin & Friends, 8 Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 d.b.a. — DinosAurchestra, 7; Treme Brass Band, 10 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Tom Hook & Wendell Brunious, 9 Gasa Gasa — The Breton Sound, The Band Camino, Jet Black Alleycat, Hardcastle, 8 Jazz National Historical Park — Richard “Piano” Scott, noon The Jazz Playhouse — The James Rivers Movement, 8 Kerry Irish Pub — Jason Bishop, 8:30 Mag’s 940 — All-Star Covered Dish Country Jamboree, 9 The Maison — New Orleans Swinging Gypsies, 4; Gregory Agid Quartet, 6:30 Maple Leaf Bar — Rebirth Brass Band, 10:30 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — King Kudos, The Dorian Greys, 9 Old U.S. Mint — Down on Their Luck Orchestra, 2 Preservation Hall — Preservation Legacy Band, 5 & 6; Preservation All-Stars, 8, 9 & 10 Prime Example Jazz Club — Sidemen+1, 8 & 10 Queenie’s — Jackson Square AllStars, 6:30 Ray’s — Bobby Love & Friends, 7 RF’s Dining Music Cocktails — Vincent Marini, 4; Lucas Davenport, 7 Santos Bar — Blue Dream, Melting Coffin, 8 SideBar — Mike Gamble, Simon Lott, Justin Peake, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Steve Pistorius (Bunk Johnson tribute), 8 & 10 Spotted Cat Food & Spirits — Dave Geare, 3; Geovane Santos, 6 The Spotted Cat Music Club — Andy Forest, 2; Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns, 6; Smoking Time Jazz Club, 10

Three Muses — Sam Cammarata, 5; Josh Gouzy Quartet, 8

WEDNESDAY 20 The AllWays Lounge & Theater — Heidijo, 6 Bamboula’s — Bamboula’s Hot Trio feat. Giselle Anguizola, 2; Mem Shannon, 6:30; Sunshine Brass Band, 10 Banks Street Bar — Major Bacon, 10 Blue Nile — New Orleans Rhythm Devils, 8; New Breed Brass Band, 11 BMC — Bianca Love, 5; Angelica Matthews, 5; Yisrael, 8; Funk It All, 11 Bourbon O Bar — Shynola Jazz Band, 8 Cafe Negril — Maid of Orleans, 6; Another Day in Paradise, 9:30 Check Point Charlie — T-Bone Stone & the Happy Monsters, 8 Chickie Wah Wah — Justin Reuther, 6; Papa Mali, 8 Circle Bar — The Iguanas, 7; Sandra Love & the Reason, 10 Columns Hotel — Andy Rogers, 8 Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 Davenport Lounge — Jeremy Davenport, 5:30 d.b.a. — Tin Men, 7; Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the Roadmasters, 10 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — The George French Trio, 9:30 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Reggae Night with DJ T-Roy, Bayou International Sound, 10 Fair Grinds Coffeehouse (Mid-City) — Tony & Her Pony Plays, 7 French Market — Patrick Cooper & Natasha Sanchez, 1:30 Gasa Gasa — Noelle Tannen, Tranche, Kristina Morales & the Inner Wild, 10 House of Blues (The Parish) — Jet Lounge, 11 Howlin’ Wolf — RIVAL N*O*V*A*, 8; Howlin’ Wolf Porch — Have a Happy Burris Christmas feat. Burris, Jazmarae Beebe, Mikayla Braun, Joel P. Willson, Peter Simon, Cyrus Nabipoor, 8 The Jazz Playhouse — Glen David Andrews, 8 The Maison — New Orleans Jazz Vipers, 6:30 Maple Leaf Bar — Ari Teitel, Brian Charette, Eric “Benny” Bloom, Alvin Ford Jr., 10 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Richard Rowley, 8 New Orleans Jazz Market — Coats for Kids feat. Ellis Marsalis, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Faubourg Quintet, 7 Old U.S. Mint — Evan Christopher, 7:30 Preservation Hall — Preservation Legacy Band, 5 & 6; Preservation All-Stars, 8, 9 & 10 PAGE 46

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Prime Example Jazz Club — Jesse McBride & the Next Generation, 8 & 10 Rare Form — Nervous Duane, 1; Matt Galloway, 9 RF’s Dining Music Cocktails — David Bach, 4; Tony Seville & the Cadillacs, 7 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Rocky’s Hot Fox Trot Orchestra, 8 Roosevelt Hotel (Fountain Lounge) — Tom Hook & Wendell Brunious, 5:30 SideBar — Mike Dillon & Dave Easley, 10 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Uptown Jazz Orchestra, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat Food & Spirits — Bart Ramsey, 3; Up Up We Go, 6 The Spotted Cat Music Club — Chris Christy’s Band, 2; Shotgun Jazz Band, 6; Antoine Diel & the Misfit Power, 10 Three Muses — Leslie Martin, 5; Schatzy, 8

THURSDAY 21 Ace Hotel, 3 Keys — The Asylum Chorus Holiday Show, 9 Bamboula’s — Kala Chandra, 3; Royal Street Windin’ Boys feat. Jenavieve Cook, 6:30 Bar Mon Cher — Bats in the Belfry with DJs Mange and Emily Anne (goth night), 9 Bar Redux — Xandra Wong, 9 The Bayou Bar — Philip Melancon, 8 Blue Nile — Micah McKee & Little Maker, 7; Bayou International Reggae Night feat. Higher Heights and DJ T-Roy, 11 BMC — Jazmarae, 5; Andre Lovett, 8; Burris, 11 Bourbon O Bar — The Luneta Jazz Band, 8 Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — Tom McDermott & Friends, 8 Bullet’s Sports Bar — Kermit Ruffins, 6 Cafe Negril — Revival, 6; Soul Project, 9:30 Casa Borrega — Aaron Lopez-Barrantes, 7 Castle Theatre — Linda Wright, Reggie Smith, 8 Check Point Charlie — Justin Howl, 8 Chickie Wah Wah — Phil DeGruy, 6; John “Papa” Gros Band, 8 Circle Bar — Natalie Mae & Gina Leslie, 7; Isis, DJs Panzer and Howie, 11 Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 Davenport Lounge — Jeremy Davenport, 5:30 d.b.a. — Sarah Quintana, 7; The Iguanas, 10 DMac’s Bar & Grill — Jason Bishop’s American Jam, 7 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Stephanie Nilles, 9:30 Gasa Gasa — Gleemer, All People, The Fruit Machines, Kay Weathers, 8 George and Joyce Wein Jazz & Heritage Center — Tunes for Toys feat. New Breed Brass Band, Trombone Shorty, Trombone Shorty Academy students, 7 House of Blues — Robert Earl Keen, 8 The Jazz Playhouse — Brass-A-Holics, 8:30 Le Bon Temps Roule — Soul Rebels, 11 The Maison — The Good for Nothin’ Band, 4; Dysfunktional Bone, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — The Trio feat. Johnny Vidacovich, 11 Marigny Brasserie & Bar — Jamey St. Pierre & Dave Freeson, 7

Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Nattie, Richard Bienvenu’s Christmas Show, 8 Ogden Museum of Southern Art — Quintron’s Weather Warlock, 6 Old Opera House — Chicken on the Bone, 7:30 Old Point Bar — Hallelujah Hat Rack, 9 One Eyed Jacks — Jamaican Me Breakfast Club, 7 Pour House Saloon — Dave Ferrato, 8:30 Preservation Hall — Preservation Legacy Band, 5 & 6; Preservation All-Stars, 8, 9 & 10 Rare Form — Voodoo Wagon, 5 RF’s Dining Music Cocktails — Monty Banks, 5 Siberia Lounge — Eastern Bloc Party feat. Backyard Balkan Brass Band, 9 SideBar — Nick Benoit’s Solo Sideshow, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Brian Charette Organ Quartet, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat Food & Spirits — Davis Rogan, 3; Tom Witek Band, 6 The Spotted Cat Music Club — Sarah McCoy, 4; Miss Sophie Lee, 6; Jumbo Shrimp, 10 Three Muses — Tom McDermott, 5; Arsene DeLay, 8 Treo — The St. Claude Serenaders, 6:30 Vaughan’s Lounge — Corey Henry’s Treme Funktet, 10 Windsor Court Hotel (Cocktail Bar) — Sam Kuslan, 5

FRIDAY 22 21st Amendment — Juju Child Blues Band, 9:30 The AllWays Lounge & Theater — Rewind: ’80s, ’90s, ’00s with DJ Matt Scott, 10 Bamboula’s — Chance Bushman’s Rhythm Stompers, 1 Bar Mon Cher — Samantha Pearl, 8:30 Bar Redux — Dance Local, Think Global with DJ Bashert, 10 The Bayou Bar — Philip Melancon, 8 Blue Nile — Caesar Brothers’ Funk Box, 7:30; Kermit Ruffins, 11 Blue Nile Balcony Room — Cha Wa, 10; DJ Black Pearl, 1 a.m. BMC — Lifesavers, 3; Mignano, 6; Hyperphlyy, 9 Bourbon O Bar — The Doyle Cooper Jazz Band, 8 Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — Walter “Wolfman” Washington & Steve DeTroy, 9 Bullet’s Sports Bar — The Pinettes Brass Band, 6 Cafe Negril — Dana Abbott Band, 6:30; Higher Heights, 10 Casa Borrega — Los Caballeros del Son, 7 Check Point Charlie — Domenic, 4; Stevie Deluxe Project, 8; Troy Turner, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Michael Pearce, 6; Paul Sanchez & the Rolling Road Show, 8 Circle Bar — Rik Slave’s Classy Country Combo, 6; BobbyRock, Corey Cruse, 10 Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 Davenport Lounge — Jeremy Davenport, 9 d.b.a. — Tuba Skinny, 6; Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers, 10 PAGE 48

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Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Jazz Christmas feat. The Bryce Eastwood Quartet, 10 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Claire & Anuraag, 7; The Tipping Point with DJ RQ Away, 10 Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — Buena Vista Social (Latin dance party), 10 Fiorella’s Cafe — Eh La Bas Trio, 7 Gasa Gasa — Gravity A, 8 House of Blues — Home for the Holidays benefit with Troy Andrews, Kermit Ruffins and the Barbecue Swingers, Ivan Neville, Sweet Crude and others, 8 Howlin’ Wolf Den — Justin Howl, 8 The Jazz Playhouse — Joe Krown, 4; Leroy Jones, 7 The Maison — Shotgun Jazz Band, 7 Maple Leaf Bar — Honey Island Swamp Band, 10 Metropolitan Nightclub — Adventure Club, 10 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Ryan Chatelain, 8 Oak — Dapper Dandies, 9 Old Opera House — Chicken on the Bone, 7:30 Old Point Bar — Rick Trolsen, 5; Johnnie B Sanders & Ms. Iretta, 9:30 Preservation Hall — Preservation Legacy Band, 5 & 6; Preservation All-Stars, 8, 9 & 10 Rare Form — Nervous Duane, 2; Justin Donovan, 6 RF’s Dining Music Cocktails — Jamie Lynn Vessels, 6; James Martin Band, 9 Rivershack Tavern — The Lakeshore Drivers, 10 Rock ’n’ Bowl — The Boogie Men, 9:30 Roosevelt Hotel (Fountain Lounge) — Sam Kuslan, 5:30; Amanda Ducorbier, 9 Siberia Lounge — Jocose Bird, Raccoon Riviera, 10 SideBar — Mike Dillon, Brad Houser, Dave Easley, Doug Belote, 10 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Ellis Marsalis Quintet, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat Food & Spirits — Monty Banks, 3; Russell Welch’s Mississippi Gipsy Jazz, 6 The Spotted Cat Music Club — Andy Forest, 2; Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 6; Cottonmouth Kings, 10 Three Muses — Matt Johnson, 5:30; Doro Wat Jazz Band, 9 Tipitina’s — Lost Bayou Ramblers, Spider Stacy, Teddy Lamson, 10 Twist of Lime — Art of the Process, Empyrean Design, Price of Progress, 10 Vaso — Bobby Love & Friends, 3 Windsor Court Hotel (Cocktail Bar) — Mark Monistere, 5

SATURDAY 23 21st Amendment — Chance Bushman & the Ibervillianaires, 9:30 Ace Hotel, 3 Keys — King James & the Special Men, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, 9 Bamboula’s — G & the Swinging Three, 2:30; Johnny Mastro, 7 Bar Redux — A Natty Christmas with DJs Tuff Gong and Kingston (reggae party), 10 The Bayou Bar — Philip Melancon, 8

Blue Nile — Soul Brass Band, 11 Blue Nile Balcony Room — Marigny Street Brass Band, 10; DJ Black Pearl, 1 a.m. BMC — The Jazzmen, 3; Willie Lockett, 5; Ed Wills Blues 4 Sale, 9; LC Smoove, midnight Bombay Club — Leroy Jones, 8:30 Bourbon O Bar — Marty Peters & the Party Meters, 8 Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — Freddie Blue & the Friendship Circle, 6; Romy Kaye & the Mercy-Buckets, 9 Cafe Negril — Jamie Lynn Vessels, 4; Jamey St. Pierre & the Honeycreepers, 7 Casa Borrega — Martin Moretto, 7 Chickie Wah Wah — The Fortifiers, Wonder Drops, 9 Circle Bar — Hogleg, The Plowboys, 10 Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 Davenport Lounge — Jeremy Davenport, 9 d.b.a. — New Orleans Jazz Vipers, 7; George Porter Jr. & His Runnin’ Pardners, 11 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Tom Fitzpatrick & Turning Point, 10 Fiorella’s Cafe — Eh La Bas Trio, 7 Hi-Ho Lounge — Pink Room Project, 11 Howlin’ Wolf — Reverend Horton Heat, The Mike Dillon Band, 9 Howlin’ Wolf Den — The Dick Deluxe Dive Bar Christmas Show, 9 The Jazz Playhouse — Tom Hook, 5; Shannon Powell Quartet, 8 Joy Theater — The Dirty Dozen Brass Band feat. Preservation All-Stars, Ivan Neville, Benny Jones & Treme Brass Band, George Porter Jr., Walter “Wolfman” Washington, Alvin Ford (40th anniversary), 10 The Maison — Chance Bushman & the Ibervillianaires, 1; Smoking Time Jazz Club, 7 Maple Leaf Bar — Jason Ricci, 10 Marigny Brasserie & Bar — The Key Sound, 4 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Reed Meric, 8 Oak — Mile Cabecerious, 9 Old Opera House — Chicken on the Bone, 7:30 Old Point Bar — Jesse Tripp & the Nightbreed, 9:30 One Eyed Jacks — Percy J & the Nocturnal Animals, 9 Preservation Hall — Preservation Jazz Masters, 5 & 6; Preservation All-Stars, 8, 9 & 10 Rare Form — Will Dickerson Band, 1; Justin Donovan, 6; Steve Mignano, 10 RF’s Dining Music Cocktails — Lucas Davenport, 6; Hyperphlyy, 10 Rock ’n’ Bowl — The Topcats, 9:30 Roosevelt Hotel (Fountain Lounge) — Amanda Ducorbier, 9 Siberia Lounge — Little Freddie King, 10 SideBar — Yegor Romantsov’s Micro-Debauche, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Germaine Bazzle & Larry Sieberth Quartet (album release), 8 & 10 Southport Hall — Marc Broussard, 8 Spotted Cat Food & Spirits — Up Up We Go, 6 The Spotted Cat Music Club — Panorama Jazz Band, 6

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Troy Andrews, New Breed Brass Band and Trombone Shorty Academy students perform at Tunes for Toys at the George and Joyce Wein Jazz & Heritage Center at 7 p.m. Dec. 21. P H OTO BY M AT H I E U B I T TO N

Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — The Michael Mason Band, 9 Howlin’ Wolf Den — Hot 8 Brass Band, 10 The Jazz Playhouse — Germaine Bazzle, 8 The Jefferson Orleans North — Cindy Van Duyne, The Pat Barberot Orchestra, 7 The Maison — Higher Heights, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — Joe Krown, 7 Old Opera House — Chicken on the Bone, 7:30 Old Point Bar — Amanda Walker, 3:30; Romy Vargas & the Mercy Buckets, 7 Preservation Hall — Preservation Legacy Band, 5 & 6; Preservation All-Stars, 8, 9 & 10 Rare Form — The Key Sound, 10 RF’s Dining Music Cocktails — Will Kennedy, 4; Tony Seville & the Cadillacs, 7 The Spotted Cat Music Club — Kristina Morales & the Inner Wild, 6; Pat Casey & the New Sound, 10 Three Muses — Raphael et Pascal, 5; Linnzi Zaorski, 8

MONDAY 25 Banks Street Bar — Chris Dibenedetto’s Piano Showcase, 7 BMC — 2 Way Street, 5; Lil Red & Big Bad, 7; Joy Owens Band, 10

Bourbon O Bar — Shake It Break It Band, 8 Circle Bar — Phil the Tremolo King, 7; Dummy Dumpster Christmas feat. Dummy Dumpster, Santarantula, 9:30 Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — Audiodope with DJ Ill Medina, 11 The Jazz Playhouse — Gerald French & the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, 8 The Maison — Aurora Nealand & the Royal Roses, 7; Sierra Green & Soul Machine, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — George Porter Jr. Trio, 10 Preservation Hall — Preservation Jazz Masters, 5 & 6; Preservation All-Stars, 8, 9 & 10 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Benny Grunch’s 12 Yats of Christmas Pawty, 5 The Spotted Cat Music Club — Royal Street Windin’ Boys, 2; Dominick Grillo & the Frenchmen Street All-Stars, 6; New Orleans Jazz Vipers, 10

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OPENING THIS WEEKEND Downsizing (R) — The black comedy is about a freshly shrunken couple (Matt Damon, Kristen Wiig) joining a Lilliput-sized community. Elmwood, Slidell, Regal, Cinebarre Faces Places — A filmmaker and a photographer/muralist travel the French countryside making portraits. Zeitgeist Father Figures (R) — Two brothers (Owen Wilson and Ed Helms) go on an adventure to figure out the truth about their dad. Elmwood, Slidell God’s Own Country — The “British Brokeback Mountain,” in which a farmer sparks up a relationship with a migrant worker. Zeitgeist The Greatest Showman (PG) — The musical is about the life of circus magnate P.T. Barnum and the creation of show business. Elmwood, West Bank, Slidell, Regal, Cinebarre Molly’s Game (R) — Writer-director Aaron Sorkin puts his spin on the story of Molly Bloom (Jessica Chastain), who masterminded a high-stakes poker game. Elmwood

Pitch Perfect 3 (PG-13) — Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson return to the musical comedy series about an a capella group. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Slidell Playground — The film revolves around a shocking act of teenage violence. Zeitgeist The Shape of Water (R) — Guillermo del Toro directs the dark beauty-andthe-beast fable about a mute woman who loves a weird creature. Broad The Tribes of Palos Verdes (R) — A middle-class family tragedy set in California features troubled teens. Chalmette

NOW SHOWING A Bad Moms Christmas (R) — “Bad moms” Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell and Kathryn Hahn return to wage war on Christmas under the watchful eye of their own mothers. Regal Coco (PG) — In this offering from animation powerhouse Pixar, a boy ventures through a Latin American-inspired Land of the Dead. West Bank, Broad, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Cinebarre

The Disaster Artist (R) — The drama is about the making of muchmocked cult film The Room, thought by some to be the worst movie ever made. Broad, Cinebarre Ferdinand (PG) — This is an animated version of the much-loved children’s series about a gentle bull who goes on a quest. Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Hurricane on the Bayou — Director Greg MacGillivray explores Hurricane Katrina and Louisiana’s disappearing wetlands. Entergy Giant Screen Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (PG-13) — Another addition to the pantheon of recent ’90s reboots, in which Jumanji becomes a video game. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Cinebarre Just Getting Started (PG-13) — Tommy Lee Jones and Morgan Freeman are old (really old) foes who begrudgingly become friends in this action comedy. West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Justice League (PG-13) — Superheroes join forces, again. West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Lady Bird (R) — A teen (Saoirse Ronan) navigates a fraught time of life in this mother-daughter dramedy. Broad, Cinebarre Murder on the Orient Express (PG-13) — The film remakes the 1974 film adapted from one of Agatha Christie’s most famous novels. West Bank, Kenner, Regal, Cinebarre

Roman J. Israel, Esq. (PG-13) — In this legal thriller, Denzel Washington is an idealistic defense attorney thrust to prominence during a crisis at the firm. West Bank, Cinebarre Star Wars: The Last Jedi (PG-13) — The space franchise with Luke, Leia, Rey, et al. returns. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Broad, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Prytania, Regal, Cinebarre The Star (PG) — The animated film tells the story of the Nativity from the point of view of the animals. West Bank, Chalmette, Slidell, Regal Thor: Ragnarok (PG-13) — Chris Hemsworth reprises his role as the Norse-inspired Marvel character. West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (R) — A woman uses unconventional tactics to draw attention to her daughter’s unsolved murder. West Bank, Cinebarre Wild Ocean 3-D — The ecology documentary explores marine life off the South African coast. Entergy Giant Screen Wonder (PG) — After several plastic surgeries, a young boy with facial differences starts fifth grade at public school. West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Wonder Wheel (PG-13) — Yet another Woody Allen movie, but set at 1950s Coney Island with Kate Winslet and Justin Timberlake. Cinebarre Wonders of the Arctic 3-D — Animals chill at the North Pole. Entergy Giant Screen

SPECIAL SCREENINGS An Affair to Remember — The iconic Cary Grant/Deborah Kerr romance is

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The Shape of Water

IF THE MAGIC OF FILM lies in its potential for transporting viewers to vividly imagined, previously unseen worlds, then • Opens Dec. 22 Mexican writer-director Guillermo del Toro surely ranks among cinema’s foremost • Directed by Guillermo magicians — but you wouldn’t know it del Toro from a brief sampling of his work. • Starring Sally Hawkins, For much of his career, del Toro has focused on horror-fantasy (The Devil’s Michael Shannon, Richard Backbone) and brooding superhero stoJenkins and Octavia Spencer ries (Hellboy) that appeal mainly to fans of those genres, occasionally veering into more mainstream fare such as sci-fi action © 2017 TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX movie Pacific Rim. But all his films feature immersive settings and moments of visual splendor that leave no doubt about del Toro’s gifts. When storytelling and emotional content match the visuals in a del Toro film, you’ve got something truly special, such as the director’s dark-fantasy masterpiece, Pan’s Labyrinth, a winner of three Academy Awards and a film beloved by cinephiles of every stripe. Eleven years later, del Toro’s impossible-to-classify The Shape of Water feels like the long-awaited follow-up to that film. It’s a melancholic fairy tale aimed exclusively at adults, a modern update of the monster movies many of us (including del Toro) loved in our youth and one of the most unlikely love stories ever committed to film. The director has called it his “dream project” and every frame bears that out. It may fall short of the artistic heights reached by Pan’s Labyrinth, but The Shape of Water easily finds a place among the year’s unique and most visionary films. Set in a mid-sized coastal city in 1962, del Toro’s film tells the story of a mute woman named Elisa (Sally Hawkins), who works as a janitor at a top-secret government research facility. An “asset” soon arrives on site — an amphibious, humanlike creature captured in a South American jungle by Col. Richard Strickland (Michael Shannon), who runs the facility and would like to put his asset on the dissection table. Sally lives quietly, watching old movies with her neighbor and best friend Giles (Richard Jenkins) and silently commiserating with chatty work partner Zelda (Octavia Spencer), but she soon forms a nonverbal bond with the keenly intelligent and mysterious fish-man. Like many of Guillermo’s films, The Shape of Water inhabits a world that’s recognizable yet unbound by the realities of daily life. Its occasional flights of fancy — a romance-inspired ballet of raindrops on a bus window, or the film’s sudden transformation to a black-and-white, 1940s Hollywood musical — are kept surprisingly brief, which keeps the story moving and seems intended to ward off audience-limiting art-film status. Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky) digs deep to find the soulful Elisa in a performance destined for end-of-year awards. A veteran of six del Toro films in which he often plays fantastic nonhuman creatures, former contortionist Doug Jones brings a brooding, expressive presence to the bioluminescent creature, making his relationship with Elisa seem plausible — even natural — in the context of the film. The form-fitting mechanical suit used to bring the fish-man to life on screen was nine months in the making and constitutes an authentic work of art. It’s as if the star of 1950s horror classic Creature from the Black Lagoon escaped the Amazon and received a high-tech makeover before sharing his new tale of exploitation and woe. The loneliness and isolation of the creature reflects across The Shape of Water’s entire set of characters. Del Toro’s unseen world may be a sad one not too far from our own, but hope and redemption lie in wait when a chance at human connection remains. — KEN KORMAN

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HAPPENINGS Artist Demonstrations. Rhino Contemporary Crafts Gallery, 2028 Magazine St., (504) 523-7945; www.rhinocrafts.com — Cookies are served at a program on jewelry-making. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. The Goddess Project. 826 Gravier St. — A multimedia installation is projected on the facade of the building. Low Road Art Walk. Royal Street — Galleries in the 700 to 1100 blocks of Royal Street stay open late. 6 p.m. Thursday. Prospect.4: The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp. Citywide — The international arts exhibition features shows at area museums and installation sites, art walks, artist panels and more. Visit www. prospectneworleans.org for details. Third Thursday Exhibition Tour. Newcomb Art Museum, Tulane University, Woldenberg Art Center, Newcomb Place, (504) 314-2406; www.newcombartmuseum.tulane.edu — Tom Friel leads a free tour of museum exhibitions. Noon Thursday.

GALLERIES 5 Press Gallery. 5 Press St., (504) 9402900; www.5pressgallery.com — “Wishlist: Art for Sharing,” art, crafts and gifts by NOCCA faculty and alumni, through Jan. 13, 2018. A Gallery for Fine Photography. 241 Chartres St., (504) 568-1313; www. agallery.com — “Barking at God — Retablos Mundanos,” hand-colored photogravures combining Mexican devotional art and New Orleans graffiti, through December. “Below Sea Level,” underwater photographs by Michel Varisco, through Feb. 25, 2018. American Italian Cultural Center. 537 S. Peters St., (504) 522-7294; www.americanitalianculturalcenter.com — “The Luke Fontana Collection,” works by the artist, ongoing. Angela King Gallery. 241 Royal St., (504) 524-8211; www.angelakinggallery. com — Group exhibition by gallery artists, ongoing. Antenna Gallery. 3718 St. Claude Ave., (504) 298-3161; www.press-street.com/ antenna — “Antenna Part 2,” works by Carl Joe Williams, Tammy Mercure, Ernest Littles and Kristen Downing, through Jan. 7, 2018. “Blue Library 3,” traveling exhibit of photography books by artists from Somalia, Libya, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan and Yemen, through Jan. 29, 2018. Antieau Gallery. 927 Royal St., (504) 304-0849; www.antieaugallery. com — New work by Chris RobertsAntieau, ongoing. Anton Haardt Gallery. 2858 Magazine St., (504) 891-9080; www.antonart. com — Selected folk art by Mose Tolliver,

Jim Sudduth, Howard Finster and others, ongoing. Ariodante Gallery. 535 Julia St., (504) 524-3233; www.ariodantegallery.com — New work by Jax Frey and Mike Kilgore; jewelry by Chester Allen; crafts by Renee Melito; all through December. Art Klub. 1941 Arts St., (504) 943-6565; www.artklub.org — “SCAVENGERS,” multimedia exhibition of works by St. Suzan Baltozer, Amy Bryan, Keith Duncan, Jacqueline Ehle Inglefield, Ryuta Iwashita and Chris Lawson, through Feb. 25, 2018. Arthur Roger Gallery. 432 Julia St., (504) 522-1999; www.arthurrogergallery.com — “Queen of Mirth,” new works by Stephen Paul Day; “Spirit in the Dark,” new works by Douglas Bourgeois; both through Dec. 23. Barrister’s Gallery. 2331 St. Claude Ave., (504) 525-2767; www.barristersgallery. com — “Voodeo,” new works by Paul Deo; “After the Tomb of the Diver,” new works by Phoebe Nesgos; “Instruments of Witness,” new works by Skip Henderson; all through Jan. 6, 2018. Beata Sasik Gallery. 541 Julia St., (504) 322-5055; www.beatasasik.com — New work by Beata Sasik, ongoing. Berta’s and Mina’s Antiquities Gallery. 4138 Magazine St., (504) 895-6201 — Paintings by Mina Lanzas and Nilo Lanzas, ongoing. Boyd Satellite. 440 Julia St., (504) 5812440; www.boydsatellitegallery.com — “A Nkisi for Jeffrey Cook,” memorial exhibition for the contemporary African-American artist, through Feb. 25, 2018. Brand New Orleans Art Gallery. 646 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 251-2695; www. brandneworleansartgallery.com — “Revelations,” paintings by Jeremy Mangerchine, through December. BrickRed Gallery. 3614 St. Claude Ave., (917) 628-5588; www.brickredgallery. com — “Please, Could You Stop the Noise,” photographs by David Armentor, Thom Bennett, Sesthasak Boonchai, David Rodrigue and Kyle Roberts, through Feb. 4, 2018. Byrdie’s Gallery. 2422 St. Claude Ave., (504) 656-6794; www.byrdiesgallery. com — “Creature Face,” painted porcelain by Magda Boreysza, through Jan. 6, 2018. Callan Contemporary. 518 Julia St., (504) 525-0518; www.callancontemporary.com — “New Sculpture,” new works by David Borgerding, through Thursday. Claire Elizabeth Gallery. 131 Decatur St., (843) 364-6196; www.claireelizabethgallery.com — “La Poesie de la Terre,” landscape photography by Robert David Dutruch; “Lumineux,” abstract and natural paintings by George Marks, Lisa di Stefano and Ashton Shaw Despot; both through Dec. 30. Cole Pratt Gallery. 3800 Magazine St., (504) 891-6789; www.coleprattgallery.

ART CHRISTMAS HAS A FUNNY WAY of reminding us of the innocent joys of childhood even as the world looks less and less innocent. Stephen Paul Day’s magnificently crafted, yet totally weird, Queen of Mirth show features oversized recreations of vintage children’s games and pop culture collectibles from the shadowy recesses of America’s past. Day always mixed nostalgia with nihilism, but never has his work so perfectly matched a time when the news consists of incoherent incendiary tweets mingled with a nutty nostalgia for a fairy tale past that never was. Some of it almost is innocent. The title piece, Queen of Mirth (pictured), is a vastly oversized replica of a matchbox with a top hatted chorus girl tossing party favors to tiny, fawning bon vivants, a scene set off by protruding red match tips. Maybe people were just as nutty a century ago as they are now, but at least they had better style. Things take a creepy turn in an oversize replica of a 1950s children’s game called Hook A Crook, featuring profiles of sketchy-looking men. Another children’s game illustrated with figures from minstrel shows is decorous • Through Dec. 23 yet distinctly sinister. Day’s devious craftsmanship shines in two identical • Queen of Mirth: New works cast-iron busts of Abraham Lincoln posiby Stephen Paul Day tioned so they appear to be kissing. The sheer whimsy and craftsmanship of such • Arthur Roger Gallery, works make this show visually engaging 432 Julia St., (504) 522-1999; and aesthetically intriguing, but it also is www.arthurrogergallery.com unsettling, considering there is no equivalence between Lincoln and any prominent contemporary political narcissists. A more reassuring treatment of vintage objects appears in a mini-exhibit of Audra Kohout’s sculptures at nearby Soren Christensen. Here castaway objects are reborn as fantastical waifs who seem to dwell in a magical corner of the Victorian imagination. Redemption takes the form of a cast-iron music box shaped like a woman with a glass bauble in her belly, where butterflies flutter to the accompaniment of tinny, yet ethereal, tunes from the past. — D. ERIC BOOKHARDT

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com — “Recent Work,” paintings by Richard Johnson; “Dream Notes,” photographs by Leslie Addison and George Yerger; both through Dec. 30. Creason’s Fine Art. 831 Chartres St., (504) 304-4392; www.creasonsfineart. com — “Figures II: Jazz Portraits on Strings,” marionettes by Harry Mayronne, ongoing. Ellen Macomber Fine Art & Textiles. 1720 St. Charles Ave., (504) 314-9414; www.ellenmacomber.com — Exhibition by gallery artists, ongoing. Frank Relle Photography. 910 Royal St., (504) 388-7601 — New selections from “Until the Water,” “Nightscapes” and “Nightshade,” night photographs of Louisiana by Frank Relle, ongoing. The Front. 4100 St. Claude Ave., (504) 301-8654; www.nolafront.org — “Clickbait,” work by lens-based artists dealing with sensationalism and controversy, through Jan. 7, 2018. Funeral Gallery. 811 Royal St. — “Maison de la Lune,” new paintings by Timothy Cummings inspired by historical Mardi Gras parades and balls, through Feb. 13, 2018. Gallery 600 Julia. 600 Julia St., (504) 895-7375; www.gallery600julia.com — “Deja Views,” historically motivated paint-

ings of New Orleans by Thomas Lofton, through December. Gallery Arlo. 837 Chartres St., (504) 3300803 — “Circles & Words,” work linking painting and poetry by Mary Bonney, through Feb. 1, 2018. Gallery B. Fos. 3956 Magazine St., (504) 444-2967; www.beckyfos.com — Paintings by Becky Fos, ongoing. Gallery Burguieres. 736 Royal St., (504) 301-1119; www.galleryburguieres. com — Mixed-media work by Ally Burguieres, ongoing. Good Children Gallery. 4037 St. Claude Ave., (504) 616-7427; www.goodchildrengallery.com — “Avalanches Volcanoes Asteroids Floods,” site-specific installation by Brazilian collective Assume Vivid Astro Focus, through Jan. 28, 2018. Guy Lyman Fine Art. 3645 Magazine St., (504) 899-4687; www.guylymanfineart. com — “Storm,” archival pigment prints made with BlackBerry smartphones by Les Schmidt, through Jan. 1, 2018. “What We’re Made Of,” new work by Anne Lipscomb and Rachael Noto, ongoing. Jonathan Ferrara Gallery. 400 Julia St., (504) 522-5471; www.jonathanferraragallery.com — “Sin Titulo (Untitled),” group exhibition of works by contempo-

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ART rary Mexican artists, through Dec. 30. LeMieux Galleries. 332 Julia St., (504) 522-5988; www.lemieuxgalleries.com — “Slivers of Land,” new paintings by Billy Solitario, through Dec. 30. M. Francis Gallery. 1228 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 931-1915; www.mfrancisgallery.com — Paintings by Myesha Francis, ongoing. Martin Welch Art Gallery. 223 Dauphine St., (504) 388-4240; www.martinwelchart.com — Paintings and mixed-media work by Martin Welch, ongoing. Martine Chaisson Gallery. 727 Camp St., (504) 304-7942; www.martinechaissongallery.com — “Floating in Place,” new paintings by Marjorie Pierson, ongoing. Michalopoulos Gallery. 617 Bienville St., (504) 558-0505; www.michalopoulos. com — Paintings by James Michalopoulos, ongoing. M.S. Rau Antiques. 630 Royal St., (504) 523-5660; www.rauantiques. com — “Aristocracy: Luxury and Leisure in Britain,” art, furniture and objects from 19th-century England, through Jan. 20, 2018. “Reflections on Time,” site-specific Prospect.4 installation incorporating clocks and glass by Pedro Lasch, through Feb. 24, 2018. New Orleans Art Center. 3330 St. Claude Ave., (504) 383-4765; www.theneworleansartcenter.com — “Nature vs. Man vs. Nature,” multimedia installation reflecting intersections of nature and man by Owen Murphy and Monique Verdin; “Bywater Biennial 2017: Louisiana, A Celebration of Life,” group exhibition of more than 60 artists curated by Don Marshall; both through Dec. 30. New Orleans Glassworks & Printmaking Studio. 727 Magazine St., (504) 5297277; www.neworleansglassworks.com — Holiday letterpress designs by Nikki Curry; glass sculptures by Curt Brock; both through December. New Orleans Photo Alliance. 1111 St. Mary St., (504) 610-4899; www.neworleansphotoalliance.org — “Self-Untitled,” new photographs by Samantha Geballe, ongoing. Pamela Marquis Studio. 221 Dauphine St., (504) 615-1752; www.pamelamarquisstudio.com — New paintings by Pamela Marquis, ongoing. Pelican Bomb Gallery X. 1612 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.; www.pelicanbomb. com — “Queer Tropics,” exhibition exploring interpretations of the tropics, through Feb. 25, 2018. Porter Lyons. 631 Toulouse St., (800) 585-0348; www.porterlyons.com — “Ritual Ritual,” group exhibition of works by artists including Lisette Chavez, Olesya Ianovitch, Cameron Quinlan, Austyn Sullivan and others, ongoing. Rhino Contemporary Crafts Gallery. 2028 Magazine St., (504) 523-7945; www.rhinocrafts.com — Works by new members Michelle Benson Huck, Mike Boyle, Karina Stanton, Lizzy Carlson and 22 others, ongoing. RidgeWalker Glass Gallery. 2818 Rampart St., (504) 957-8075; www.ridgewalkerglass.com — Glass, metal sculpture and paintings by Teri Walker and Chad Ridgeway, ongoing. River House at Crevasse 22. 8122 Saro Lane, Poydras; www.cano-la.org — “Mi-

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SPARE SPACES Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design. 1725 Baronne St., (504) 314-2330; www.architecture.tulane. edu/outreach/small-center — “Sites of Resistance,” works highlighting activism

in New Orleans throughout the city’s history, through Feb. 5, 2018. Amistad Research Center. 6823 St. Charles Ave., (504) 862-3222; www. amistadresearchcenter.org — “Lonely Crusade: The Life and Times of Chester Hines,” exhibition based on the papers of the African-American writer, through February 2018. Bar Redux. 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www.barredux.com — “Nature & Architecture,” photographs by Luke Fontana and Vincent Simmons, through Thursday. The Building 1427. 1427 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 352-9283; www. building1427.com — Mixed-media works by Daniel Jupiter, Mark Lacabe and Eric Alugas, ongoing. Cafe Luna. 802 Nashville Ave., (504) 333-6833; www.cafeluna504. wordpress.com — “Music Life in New Orleans,” photographs of the New Orleans music industry by Karen Lozinski, through December. M. Furniture Gallerie. 2726 Royal St., Suite B, (504) 324-2472; www.mfurnituregallerie.com — Paintings by Tracy Jarmon; copper work by Giovanni; watercolors by Bill James; furniture by John Wilhite; all ongoing. Mimi’s in the Marigny. 2601 Royal St., (504) 872-9868; www.mimismarigny.com — “Heather Weathers: Persistent,” work about women’s survival by the artist, through Jan. 27, 2018. Pirate’s Alley Cafe. 622 Pirate’s Alley, (504) 524-9332; www.piratesalleycafe. com — Paintings, prints and mixed-media works by Joe Bostick, Mario Ortiz, Chris Holcombe, Nathan Durapau, Ernest Brown, Emily Stieber, Jennifer Laffin, Brandon Felix and others, ongoing. St. Louis Cathedral. Jackson Square, 615 Pere Antoine Alley, (504) 525-9585; www.stlouiscathedral.org — Artists including Ken Cook, Sher Stewart, Dayana Jordan, Joan Bonner, Lee Tucker and Nathan Pitts display works in front of the cathedral and around Jackson Square, ongoing. Tulane University (Jones Hall). 6801 Freret St. — “The Organic Modernism of Albert C. Ledner,” drawings, letters and photographs by the architect, through June 8, 2018.

MUSEUMS Contemporary Arts Center. 900 Camp St., (504) 528-3800; www.cacno.org — “Prospect.4: The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp,” exhibition of works by Prospect.4 artists, through Feb. 25, 2018. The Historic New Orleans Collection. 533 Royal St., (504) 523-4662; www. hnoc.org — “Prospect.4: The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp,” exhibition of works by Prospect.4 artists, through Feb. 25, 2018. “The Seignouret-Brulatour House: A New Chapter,” model of a 200-year-old French Quarter building and historic site, ongoing. Louisiana Children’s Museum. 420 Julia St., (504) 523-1357; www.lcm.org — Historic French Quarter life and architecture exhibit by The Historic New Orleans Collection, ongoing.

Louisiana State Museum Presbytere. 751 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.lsm. crt.state.la.us — “Living with Hurricanes: Katrina and Beyond,” interactive displays and artifacts; “It’s Carnival Time in Louisiana,” Carnival artifacts, costumes, jewelry and other items; both ongoing. Mardi Gras Museum of Costumes and Culture. 1010 Conti St., (504) 218-4872; www.themardigrasmuseum.com — “Jours des Phantoms; Masks and Mayhem,” new paintings by Herb Roe, through Dec. 27. New Orleans Museum of Art. City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — “East of the Mississippi: 19th-Century American Landscape Photography,” vintage photographs of the American landscape, through Jan. 7, 2018. “Prospect.4: The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp,” exhibition of works by Prospect.4 artists, through Feb. 25, 2018. “Bror Anders Wikstrom: Bringing Fantasy to Carnival,” Mardi Gras float and costume designs by the Swedish-born artist, through April 1, 2018. “New Forms, New Voices: Japanese Ceramics from the Gitter-Yelen Collection,” selected modern and contemporary ceramics curated by Joe Earle, through April 2018. “Personalities in Clay: American Studio Ceramics from the John E. Bullard Collection,” collection of NOMA director emeritus John Bullard, through June 2018. Newcomb Art Museum. Tulane University, Woldenberg Art Center, Newcomb Place, (504) 314-2406; www. newcombartmuseum.tulane.edu — “Unfamiliar Again: Contemporary Women Abstractionists,” new work by seven U.S. abstract artists, through Saturday. Ogden Museum of Southern Art. 925 Camp St., (504) 539-9600; www. ogdenmuseum.org — “Solidary & Solitary: The Joyner/Giuffrida Collection,” exhibit about African-American contributions to visual art, through Jan. 21, 2018. “Currents 2017,” annual exhibition of contemporary photography, through Feb. 4, 2018. “Prospect.4: The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp,” exhibition of works by Prospect.4 artists, through Feb. 25, 2018. Tulane University, Woldenberg Art Center. 6823 St. Charles Ave. — “Tulane Contemporary.4,” work by current and visiting professors, through Feb. 9, 2018.

CALL FOR ARTISTS The Rent Is Too Damn High. Visual, peformance and other artists are invited to submit work for an interdisciplinary exhibition presented by Color Bloc. Visit www. torchmediapartners.mykajabi.com/p/therent-is-too-damn-high for details. Scholarship Arts Contest. The George Rodrigue Foundation for the Arts’ annual student art contest has a “Monsters, Myths and Legends” theme. Visit www. rodriguefoundation.org for details.

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gration,” exhibition addressing coastal land loss risks, through Feb. 25, 2018. Scene by Rhys Art Gallery. 708 Toulouse St., (504) 258-5842; www.scenebyrhys. com — Pen and ink drawings by Emilie Rhys, ongoing. Second Story Gallery. New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 710-4506; www.neworleanshealingcenter. org — “Off the Street: New Orleans and Venice in Charles Lovell’s Photography,” exhibition curated by Anna Mecugni, through Jan. 7, 2018. ShiNola Gallery. 1813 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., (504) 223-5732; www.facebook. com/shinolagallery — Exhibition by gallery artists, ongoing. Soren Christensen Gallery. 400 Julia St., (504) 569-9501; www.sorengallery. com — “Chroma,” photographs by Leslie-Claire Spillman, Brooke Shaden and Kimberly Witham; exhibition by gallery artists; both ongoing. The Spielman Gallery. 1332 Washington Ave., (504) 899-7670; www.davidspielman.com — Black-and-white photographs by David Spielman cover travel, Hurricane Katrina and the Gulf South, ongoing. St. Tammany Art Association. 320 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 8928650; www.sttammanyartassociation.org — “After the Wetlands: John Valentino,” new works by the artist, through Jan. 27, 2018. Staple Goods. 1340 St. Roch Ave., (504) 908-7331; www.postmedium.org/staplegoods — “Kitchen Gods,” works inspired by altered family portraits by Priya Kambli, through Jan. 7, 2018. Stella Jones Gallery. Place St. Charles, 201 St. Charles Ave., Suite 132, (504) 568-9050; www.stellajonesgallery.com — Works by abstract expressionists Richard Dempsey, Antonio Carreno, Delita Martin, David Gaither and Patrick Waldemar, through Dec. 30. Studio Inferno. 6601 St. Claude Ave., Arabi, (504) 945-1878; www.facebook. com/infernonola — “Monuments and Momentos,” new works by Erika Larkin Gaudet and Mitchell Gaudet, through Feb. 25, 2018. The Tigermen Den. 3113 Royal St.; www. facebook.com/tigermenden — “The Nature of Reality,” work about consciousness, reality and interconnectedness by Katie McMullin, through Feb. 4, 2018. Vieux Carre Gallery. 507 St. Ann St., (504) 522-2900; www.vieuxcarregallery. com — New work by Sarah Stiehl, ongoing. Where Y’Art Gallery. 1901 Royal St., (504) 325-5672; www.whereyart.net — “Masterpeace,” group exhibition about transcending traditional ideas, rules and relationships, through Feb. 25, 2018. Zack Smith Photography Studio and Gallery. 4514 Magazine St., (504) 2517745 — “The Battlefield Oak,” landscape photography by Zack Smith, ongoing.

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THEATER & CABARET A Christmas Carol: The Whole Story. Jefferson Performing Arts Center, 6400 Airline Drive, Metairie, (504) 885-2000; www.jpas.org — In this comedy, Scrooge is visited by Christmas ghosts plus Hansel, Gretel and other fairy tale characters. Tickets $15-$18. 7:30 p.m. Friday. Christmas Without Tears. Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre, 616 St. Peter St., (504) 522-2081; www.lepetittheatre.com — The holiday-themed show features Harry Shearer, Judith Owen and a variety of guests from the music and performing arts worlds. Tickets $35-$70. 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday. Home for the Holidays with the Victory Belles. National World War II Museum, BB’s Stage Door Canteen, 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1944; www.stagedoorcanteen.org — The troupe sings and dances its way through holiday hit songs from the 1940s. Tickets $29.52-$64.99. 11:45 a.m. Wednesday, 6 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 11 a.m. Sunday. Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. Saenger Theatre, 1111 Canal St., (504) 287-0351; www.saengernola.com — The touring Broadway musical is based on the classic holiday movie starring Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye. Tickets $30. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 1 p.m. Sunday. Miss Bennett: Christmas at Pemberley. Loyola University New Orleans, Marquette Theatre, Marquette Hall, 6363 St. Charles Ave. — Southern Rep presents the play, which reunites the characters from Pride and Prejudice during the holidays. Visit www.southernrep.com for details. Tickets $40. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday and Monday, 3 p.m. Sunday.

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REVIEW TENNESSEE WILLIAMS OFTEN WROTE about conflicted, familial relationships embedded in the culture of the Deep South. But one of his earliest plays, Not About Nightingales, recently presented by the Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans, is not typical of his work. As a student at the University of Iowa in 1938, Williams was assigned to write a “living newspaper” play and chose to dramatize horrific events that took place following a hunger strike at Holmesburg Prison in Philadelphia. Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Art Center’s high ceilings and exposed brick walls striped with prison bars create the foreboding atmosphere of inmates penned like animals. In the show’s opening, a tour guide on a passing excursion boat describes the penal institution as “dynamite-proof, escape-proof.” Echoing sound effects including clanging iron doors, alarms, guard announcements and prisoners’ desperate howls heighten the sense of doom. In the midst of the Great Depression, Warden Whalen (Joseph Furnari) wields unlimited power over 3,500 prisoners, some convicted of minor crimes. In the first scene, Mrs. Bristol (Ann Dalrymple) arrives from Wisconsin alarmed by her son’s recent letters. She doesn’t know her son Jack (Adler Hyatt) has gone mad after three days locked in a torture chamber known as Klondike. Waiting beside her in the warden’s office is Eva Crane (Nicole Himel), who anxiously awaits an interview for a secretarial job. The women were misled by a newspaper story describing the prison’s PHOTO BY JAMES KELLEY emphasis on rehabilitation. Jim Allison (Zeb Hollins III), a model convict, wrote glowing editorials regarding its enlightened approach and nutritious meal program in hopes his good behavior might result in parole. Eva and Jim soon develop a rapport. Jim tells Eva that the main employment qualification is the ability to keep one’s mouth shut about what really goes on at the prison. The warden later tries to corral her in a closet. Vacillating between blind acceptance and desperation, Jim escapes through “intellectual emancipation.” “A guy can use his brain two ways,” Jim says. “He can make it a wall to shut him in from the world or a great big door to let him out.” Hall C’s inmates develop camaraderie while struggling against boredom, crowding, inedible food and the prospect of blood-boiling steam heat. Swifty (Christopher Robinson), who had been training to compete in the Olympics before his incarceration, can’t tolerate being cooped up in the small, crowded cell. Believing he was railroaded in his prosecution, he expects to be released on appeal, but Butch O’Fallon (Sean Richmond), a leader among prisoners, kills any notion of Swifty being freed. “A con ain’t a human being,” Butch says. “A con’s a con. He’s stuck here and the world’s forgot him.” Butch challenges the men to start a hunger strike to bring public attention to their plight. Richmond gives an amazing performance as the indomitable ringleader who defies authority and death, and Kebron Woodfin sympathetically plays Ollie, a popular inmate who is brutalized. Furnari portrays the warden as a good old boy who is nonchalant about subjecting prisoners to temperatures up to 150 degrees. As prisoners gasp for air and beg for water, he peruses horse racing results. — MARY RICKARD

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DANCE The Nutcracker. Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts, 1419 Basin St., (504) 525-1052; www.mahaliajacksontheater.com — Delta Festival Ballet presents the holiday classic, accompanied by Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. Tickets $55-$75. 7:30 p.m. Friday, 2:30 p.m. Saturday. The Nutcracker. The Orpheum Theater, 129 University Place, (504) 274-4871; www.orpheumnola.com — New Orleans Ballet Theatre presents the holiday ballet. Visit www.nobt.org for details. Tickets $38-$78. 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Friday.

COMEDY Air Sex Championships Holiday Special. One Eyed Jacks, 615 Toulouse St., (504) 569-8361; www.oneeyedjacks.net — During the show, contestants simulate sex

in holiday-themed scenarios. Tickets $10. 10 p.m. Friday. Brown Improv. Waloo’s, 1300 N. Causeway Blvd., Metairie, (504) 834-6474; www.facebook.com/pages/thenewwaloos — New Orleans’ longest-running comedy group performs. 8 p.m. Tuesday. Comedy Beast. Howlin’ Wolf Den, 901 S. Peters St., (504) 529-5844; www.thehowlinwolf.com — Massive Fraud presents stand-up comedy. 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. Comedy Catastrophe. Lost Love Lounge, 2529 Dauphine St., (504) 949-2009; www.lostlovelounge.com — Cassidy Henehan hosts a stand-up show. 10 p.m. Tuesday. Comedy F—k Yeah. Dragon’s Den (upstairs), 435 Esplanade Ave., (504) 940-5546; www.dragonsdennola.com — Vincent Zambon and Mary-Devon Dupuy host a stand-up show. 8:30 p.m. Friday. Comedy Gold. House of Blues, Voodoo Garden, 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www.houseofblues.com — Leon Blanda hosts a stand-up showcase of local and traveling comics. 7 p.m. Wednesday. Comedy Gumbeaux. Howlin’ Wolf Den, 901 S. Peters St., (504) 529-5844; www. thehowlinwolf.com — Frederick “RedBean” Plunkett hosts an open-mic standup show. 8 p.m. Thursday. Crescent Fresh. Dragon’s Den (upstairs), 435 Esplanade Ave., (504) 940-5546; www.dragonsdennola.com — Ted Orphan and Geoffrey Gauchet host the stand-up comedy open mic. 8 p.m. Thursday. Local Uproar. The AllWays Lounge & Theater, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 218-5778; www.theallwayslounge.net — Paul Oswell and Benjamin Hoffman host a stand-up comedy showcase with free food and ice cream. 8 p.m. Saturday. Night Church. Sidney’s Saloon, 1200 St. Bernard Ave., (504) 947-2379; www.sidneyssaloon.com — Benjamin Hoffman and Paul Oswell host a stand-up show, and there’s free ice cream. 8:30 p.m. Thursday. NOLA Comedy Hour. Hi-Ho Lounge, 2239 St. Claude Ave., (504) 945-4446; www. hiholounge.net — Duncan Pace hosts an open mic. Sign-up at 7:30 p.m., show at 8 p.m. Sunday. The Rip-Off Show. Hi-Ho Lounge, 2239 St. Claude Ave., (504) 945-4446; www. hiholounge.net — Comedians compete in a live pop-culture game show hosted by Geoffrey Gauchet. 8 p.m. Saturday. The Spontaneous Show. Bar Redux, 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www. barredux.com — Young Funny comedians present the stand-up comedy show and open mic. 8 p.m. Tuesday. Think You’re Funny? Carrollton Station Bar and Music Club, 8140 Willow St., (504) 865-9190; www.carrolltonstation.com — Brothers Cassidy and Mickey Henehan host an open mic. Sign-up at 8 p.m., show 9 p.m. Wednesday

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toulas St., (504) 335-1740; www.barcadianeworleans.com — Katie East hosts local and touring comedians alongside burlesque performances. Free admission. 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. Bad Girls of Burlesque. House of Blues, The Parish, 225 Decatur St., (504) 3104999; www.hob.com — The leather-clad burlesque troupe performs. Tickets $22. 9 p.m. Saturday. Bayou Blues Burlesque. The AllWays Lounge & Theater, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 218-5778; www.theallwayslounge. net — The weekly performance is a burlesque and variety show. 8 p.m. Friday. Burgundy Burlesque. The Saint Hotel, Burgundy Bar, 931 Canal St., (504) 5225400; www.thesainthotelneworleans.com — Trixie Minx leads a weekly burlesque performance featuring live jazz. Free admission; reserved table $10. 9 p.m. Friday. Burlesque Ballroom. The Jazz Playhouse, 300 Bourbon St., (504) 553-2299; www. sonesta.com/jazzplayhouse — Trixie Minx and guests star in the late-night burlesque performance. 11 p.m. Friday. Burlesque Boozy Brunch. SoBou, 310 Chartres St., (504) 552-4095; www. sobounola.com — A burlesque performance by Bella Blue and friends accompanies brunch service. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday. Risque. The AllWays Lounge & Theater, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 218-5778; www.theallwayslounge.net — The monthly show offers drag and burlesque acts. Free admission. 11 p.m. Saturday. Talk Nerdy to Me. Dragon’s Den (upstairs), 435 Esplanade Ave., (504) 940-5546; www.dragonsdennola.com — The weekly sci-fi-themed revue features burlesque performers, comedians and sideshow acts. Tickets $10. 7 p.m. Saturday. Vixens & Vinyl. One Eyed Jacks, 615 Toulouse St., (504) 569-8361; www.oneeyedjacks.net — Miss GoGo McGregor hosts the evening of burlesque performances. DJ Shane Love performs. Free admission. 9 p.m. Wednesday. Whiskey & Rhinestones. Gravier Street Social, 523 Gravier St., (504) 941-7629; www.gravierstreetsocial.com — Bella Blue hosts a burlesque show. Visit www.thebellalounge.com for details. Tickets $10. 9 p.m. Thursday-Saturday.

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TUESDAY 19 BingOh! Bells. Bar Redux, 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www.barredux. com — The bingo night has a holiday theme and features performances by local comics between games. Costumes encouraged. Admission $5. 8 p.m. Celebration in the Oaks. Carousel Gardens Amusement Park, City Park, 1 Palm Drive, (504) 259-1509; www. neworleanscitypark.com — The annual holiday festival features amusement rides, refreshments and light displays in the park’s botanical garden. Tickets $9. 6 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and Monday, 5 p.m. Saturday. Christmas in the Park. Lafreniere Park, 3000 Downs Blvd., Metairie, (504) 8384389; www.lafrenierepark.org — Daily walking and driving tours take place through an LED-lit festive display. There also are carousel rides, and sno-balls are sold. Tickets $5. 5:30 p.m. Miracle on Fulton Street. Fulton Street — There are lights and gingerbread house displays and a daily “snow” fall along Fulton Street. Tuesday-Saturday. Ugly Sweater Party. NOPSI Hotel, 317 Baronne St., (844) 439-1463; www.nopsihotel.com — The hotel’s rooftop bar hosts an ugly sweater runway competition, and holiday cocktails are served. 5 p.m. to 11 p.m.

WEDNESDAY 20 Holiday Crafting. Algiers Regional Library, 3014 Holiday Drive, Algiers, (504) 529-7323; www.nolalibrary.org — Participants in this all-ages workshop make holiday crafts. Children ages 13 and younger must be accompanied by a guardian. 4 p.m. Tillandsia Wreath Workshop. Hundred Acre Design Studio, 519 Wilkinson St., (504) 313-3050; www.facebook.com/ hundredacrenola — Luna Botanicals hosts the workshop. Participants make wreaths with preserved moss, dried flowers and live plants. Tickets $60, includes supplies. 6 p.m.

THURSDAY 21 NOLA Christmas Fest. Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, 900 Convention Center Blvd., (504) 582-3000 — The indoor festival offers ice skating, an ice slide, amusement rides, arts and crafts, a Kringle carousel, a climbing wall, games and more. Viist www.nolachristmasfest. com for details. Tickets $20. 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday-Monday.

FRIDAY 22 Calligraphy Happy Hour. Glitter Box, 1109 Royal St., Suite A; www.glitterboxno.com

— Participants learn the basics of brush lettering and gothic calligraphy and may BYOB. Contact info@papierplume.com for details. Tickets $50, includes supplies. 7 p.m. Home for the Holidays. House of Blues, 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999 — The fundraiser for NOCCA’s Daniel Price Memorial Fund features music by Irma Thomas, John Boutte, Rebirth Brass Band, Troy Andrews and others. Visit www.noccainstitute.com for details. Tickets $37-$127. 6 p.m.

SATURDAY 23 How the Goths Stole Xmas. Bar Mon Cher, 817 St. Louis St., (504) 644-4278; www.barmoncher.com — Shadow Gallery’s annual gothic holiday party features DJs and dancing. Free admission. 10 p.m. to 4 a.m.

MONDAY 25 Chinese Food and Doctor Who. Avenue Pub, 1732 St. Charles Ave., (504) 5869243; www.theavenuepub.com — The pub hosts its annual all-day Doctor Who marathon, and Chinese food is served. 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Christmas With the Family. Bar Redux, 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www. barredux.com — Dinner and holiday drinks are served at a party, and there’s Christmas music and movies. Free admission. 7 p.m. to midnight.

FARMERS MARKETS Covington Farmers Market. Covington Trailhead, 419 N. Hampshire St., Covington — The Northshore market offers local produce, meat, seafood, breads, prepared foods, plants and music. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday and 8 a.m. to noon Saturday. Crescent City Farmers Market. Citywide — The market offers fresh produce, prepared foods, flowers and plants at locations citywide, including Tulane University Square (200 Broadway St.) 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday; the French Market (1008 N. Peters St.) from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday; the American Can Apartments (3700 Orleans Ave.) 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday and in the CBD (750 Carondelet St.) 8 a.m. to noon Saturday. CRISP Farms Market. CRISP Farms Market, 1330 France St.; www.facebook. com/crispfarms — The urban farm offers greens, produce, herbs and seedlings. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday. French Market. French Market, corner of Gov. Nicholls Street and French Market Place, (504) 522-2621; www.frenchmarket.org — The historic French Quarter market offers local produce, seafood, herbs, baked goods, coffee and prepared foods. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

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SPORTS New Orleans Saints. Mercedes-Benz Superdome, 1500 Poydras St., (504) 5873663; www.superdome.com — New Orleans Saints play the Atlanta Falcons. Noon.

WORDS The Waves. Antenna Gallery, 3718 St. Claude Ave., (504) 298-3161; www.pressstreet.com/antenna — The LGBTQ reading series presents Andrea Abi-Karam, Alyn Mare and others. 7 p.m. Thursday.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED American Cancer Society. The society seeks volunteers for upcoming events and to facilitate patient service programs. Visit www.cancer.org or call (504) 219-2200. Arc of Greater New Orleans. The organization for people with intellectual disabilities seeks donations of Mardi Gras beads, volunteers to help sort beads and volunteers for Arc farm duties. Visit www.arcgno.org for details and dropoff locations. CASA New Orleans. The organization seeks volunteer court-appointed special advocates to represent abused and neglected children in New Orleans. The time commitment is a minimum of 10 hours

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German Coast Farmers Market. Ormond Plantation, 13786 River Road, Destrehan — The market features vegetables, fruits, flowers and other items. Visit www.germancoastfarmersmarket.org for details. 8 a.m. to noon Saturday. Gretna Farmers Market. Gretna Farmers Market, Huey P. Long Avenue between Third and Fourth streets, Gretna, (504) 361-1822 — The weekly rain-or-shine market features more than 25 vendors offering fruits, vegetables, meats, prepared foods, baked goods, honey and flowers. 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Grow Dat Farm Stand. Grow Dat Youth Farm, New Orleans City Park, 150 Zachary Taylor Drive, (504) 377-8395; www.growdatyouthfarm.org — Grow Dat Youth Farm sells its produce. 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. Hollygrove Market. Hollygrove Market & Farm, 8301 Olive St., (504) 483-7037 — The urban farm operates a daily fresh market. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. Rivertown Farmers Market. Rivertown, 400 block of Williams Boulevard, Kenner, (504) 468-7231; www.kenner.la.us — The market features fruits, vegetables, dairy products, preserves and cooking demonstrations. 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Saturdays, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sankofa Mobile Market. Lower 9th Ward Community Center, 5234 N. Claiborne Ave. — The Sankofa market truck offers seasonal produce from the Sankofa Garden. 11 a.m. to noon Tuesday. The truck also stops at 6322 St. Claude Ave. 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Vietnamese Farmers Market. Vietnamese Farmers Market, 14401 Alcee Fortier Blvd. — Fresh produce, baked goods and live poultry are available at this early morning market. 5 a.m. Saturday.

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per month. No special skills are required; training and support are provided. Call (504) 522-1962 or email info@casaneworleans.org. Community Educators. Alzheimer’s Association Louisiana seeks volunteers to lead educational programs and classes. Email Stacey Denham at sdenham@ alz.org for details. The Creativity Collective. The organization seeks artists, entrepreneurs, parents and teens to help with upcoming projects and events, including maintaining a creative resource directory and organizing charity bar crawls. Visit www. creativitycollective.com or call (916) 206-1659. Crescent City Farmers Market. CCFM and MarketUmbrella.org seek volunteers to field shoppers’ questions, assist seniors, help with children’s activities and more. Call (504) 495-1459 or email latifia@ marketumbrella.org. Dress for Success New Orleans. The program for women entering the workplace seeks volunteers to manage inventory, help clients and share their expertise. Call (504) 891-4337 or email neworleans@ dressforsuccess.org. Each One Save One. Greater New Orleans’ largest one-on-one mentoring program seeks volunteer mentors. Visit www. eachonesaveone.org. Edgar Degas Foundation. The nonprofit seeks volunteers to contribute to foundation development. Call (504) 821-5009 or email info@degashouse.com. Edible Schoolyard. Edible Schoolyard seeks community volunteers and interns to assist in kitchen and garden classes and to help in school gardens. Visit www.es-

ynola.org/get-involved or email amelia@ esynola.org. First Tee of Greater New Orleans. The organization seeks volunteers to serve as mentors and coaches to kids and teens through its golf program. Visit www. thefirstteenola.org. Girls on the Run. Girls on the Run seeks running partners, assistant coaches, committee members and race-day volunteers. Email info@gotrnola.org or visit www. gotrnola.org. Golden Opportunity Adult Literacy Program. GOAL seeks volunteers to conduct courses for reading comprehension, GED preparation and English language learning. Call (504) 373-4496. Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center. The center seeks part-time civil rights investigators with excellent writing skills, reliable transportation and no criminal convictions to help expose housing discrimination in the New Orleans metro area. Call (504) 717-4257 or email mmorgan@gnofairhousing.org. Green Light New Orleans. The group seeks volunteers to help install free energy-efficient lightbulbs in homes. Visit www.greenlightneworleans.org, call (504) 324-2429 or email green@greenlightneworleans.org. HandsOn New Orleans. The volunteer center for the New Orleans area invites prospective volunteers to learn about the opportunities available and howto be a good volunteer. Call (504) 304-2275, email volunteer@handsonneworleans.org or visit www.handsonneworleans.org. Hospice Volunteers. Harmony Hospice seeks volunteers to offer companionship to patients through reading, playing cards PAGE 68

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and other activities. Call Carla Fisher at (504) 832-8111. Jackson Barracks Museum Volunteers. The museum seeks volunteers to work one day a week for the Louisiana National Guard Museum. Volunteers prepare military aircraft, vehicles and equipment for display. Call David at (504) 837-0175 or email daveharrell@yahoo.com. Lakeview Civic Improvement Association. The association’s green space committee needs volunteers to pick up trash or trim trees for the adopt-a-block program. Sign up with Russ Barranco at (504) 482-9598 or rpbarranco@cox.net. Longue Vue House and Gardens. Longue Vue seeks volunteers to assist with giving tours, garden maintenance and education outreach. Email info@longuevue.com or call (504) 293-4720 for information. Louisiana SPCA. The LA/SPCA seeks volunteers to work with the animals and help with special events, education and more. Volunteers must be at least 12 years old and complete an orientation to work directly with animals. Visit www.la-spca. org/volunteer. Lowernine.org. Lowernine.org seeks volunteers to help renovate homes in the Lower 9th Ward. Visit www.lowernine.org or email lauren@lowernine.org. National World War II Museum. The museum accepts applications for volunteers to greet visitors and familiarize them with its galleries and artifacts. Call (504) 5276012, ext. 243, or email katherine.alpert@ nationalww2museum.org. New Canal Lighthouse Museum. The Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation seeks volunteer docents for its museum and education center. Visit www.saveourlake. org or call (504) 836-2238. New Orleans Airlift: The Music Box Village. Volunteers are needed for fabrication, education workshops, events and general duties. Visit www.neworleansairlift.org to apply. NOLA for Life Mentors. The city initiative’s partner organizations seek adults to mentor boys ages 15 to 18 who are at risk for violence. Visit www.nolaforlife.org/ give/mentor. NOLA Tree Project. The forestry organization seeks volunteers to adopt and trim trees around the city. Visit www.nolatreeproject.org. NOLA Wise. The partnership of Global Green, the City of New Orleans and the Department of Energy helps homeowners make their homes more energy efficient. It seeks volunteers, who must attend a 30-minute orientation. Email mrowand@ globalgreen.org. Ogden Museum of Southern Art. The museum seeks docents to discuss visual arts in the South with adults and children. Email ebalkin@ogdenmuseum.org for details. Parkway Partners. The green space and community garden organization seeks volunteers for building, gardening and other projects. Email info@parkwaypartnersnola.org, call (504) 620-2224 or visit www.parkwaypartnersnola.org. Refugee mentors. Catholic Charities of

New Orleans’ Refugee Service Program seeks volunteers, especially those with Arabic, Burmese and Spanish language skills, to help newly arrived refugees learn about everyday life in America. SBP. The disaster recovery organization (formerly St. Bernard Project) seeks volunteers to help rebuild blighted homes. No construction experience is necessary. Email volunteer@sbpusa. org for details. Second Harvest Food Bank. Volunteers are needed to help prepare meals in the community kitchen at the food bank’s Elmwood location. Email vcaveherazo@secondharvest.org for details. Senior companions. The New Orleans Council on Aging seeks volunteers to assist seniors with personal and daily tasks so they can live independently. Visit www.nocoa.org or call (504) 821-4121. SpayMart. The humane society seeks volunteers for fundraising, grant writing, data input, adoptions, animal care and more. Visit www.spaymart.org, email info@spaymart.org or call (504) 454-8200. St. Thomas Hospitality House. The Catholic charity seeks individuals and groups of volunteers to help people experiencing homelessness. Contact Daniel Thelen at nolacw@gmail.com or (517) 290-8533. Start the Adventure in Reading. The STAIR program holds regular training sessions for volunteers, who work one-on-one with lower elementary school students to develop reading and language skills. Call (504) 899-0820, email margo@stairnola.org or visit www.stairnola.org/how-to-help to register for training. Teen Life Counts. The Jewish Family Service program seeks volunteers to teach suicide prevention to middle school and high school students. Call (504) 831-8475. Touro Birthing Center. Volunteers are needed to give updates and help family members in the birthing center’s waiting room. Call (504) 897-8107 or email denise.chetta@lcmchealth.org for details. Veterans Housing Outreach Ministries. The charity seeks volunteers to help disabled, wounded and senior veterans with food and clothing distribution, home improvements and beautification, social media and web design. Call (504) 340-3429 or visit www.veteranshousingoutreach.webs.com.

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